Think! Always wear a seatbelt!

[Mondo]

Well, in the Diana crash, the only person who survived was the bodyguard and happens to be the only 1 out of the 4 who wore a seatbelt.

I always wear one, even on a bus, i think if the bus had stopped suddenly, I will go flying and my head is going to hit that verticle handle bar. I coming across lots of cases of car accidents at work, seen pictures of bodies after the accident and reading the medical reports doesn't give you much doubt that you know they had a better chance surviving it if they only wore a seatbelt.

[Greenlizard0]

I always wear a seatbelt where I can, even in taxi's which a lot of people forget for some strange reason.

[Mark]

Same, though I tend not to bother quite so much in buses/coaches because nine out of ten times they don't have them, and in those that do they're all too often broken.

[Tak]

Originally Posted by Mondo

even on a bus

Seatbelt on a bus?

[Mark]

Usually coaches, but the distinction between coach and bus is rather blurred - all too often a 'rail replacement bus' turns out to be a coach.

[Piggymon]

I always wear my seatbelt as a driver/front seat passenger.

I don't know why though but I don't wear one as a back seat passenger :/

[Fayshun]

Originally Posted by Lopez

From what I remember that resulted in serious leg injuries and concussion, he didn't exactly walk away

Possibly, it was years ago I read the article. Many brain cells have been pickled in the meanwhile...

[karbon]

Originally Posted by Piggymon

I always wear my seatbelt as a driver/front seat passenger.

I don't know why though but I don't wear one as a back seat passenger :/

you're more likely to do serious injury to the people in the front seats than you are to yourself in the second circumstance.

[Piggymon]

I know all of this but it just doesn't click with me ( no pun intended ! ) to wear one in the back seart

[Garp]

Originally Posted by lostkat

Exactly! Plus, the worse affected part by the seatbelt when you're in an accident is usually your shoulder, not further down. Seatbelts have a little give in them before they pull tight and that's just enough to cushion the impact.

Agreed. The other thing that hasn't been mentioned so far is the Airbag. An airbag inflates with gas propelling into it at speeds of up to 200mph. They're not designed to have a human body being shoved into them at speed, but to work in conjunction with the body movements permitted by a seat belt. Combine 200mph -> with your inertia <- and you're talking a serious pounding, far more than you'd get from the pull of your seatelt. Your rib cage has a bit of give in it, but that will work against you if it's being hit by an airbag with that much force behind it.

Something that often gets overlooked in the process of a driver setting up the car seat and getting comfortable is their distance away from the steering wheel. All drivers should be more than 10" away from the centre of the steering wheel. I hate to think how many times I see people driving cars that are peering over the wheel, barely a few inches away from it!