Make everyone always wear their safety gear, be it in the car, on the bike, at the workplace. Make them. Do not allow anyone to omit anytime.
Anon could be fucking his happy girlfriend of five years if he had followed this simple rule.
Anon has trauma
Submitted 3 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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ladicius@lemmy.world 3 months ago
nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Also, never let your passenger put their feet up on the dashboard. Unless they want their lungs punctured by their own tibia.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
That sounds fun who wouldn’t want that?
vorpuni@jlai.lu 3 months ago
Or rest their head near the side curtain airbags. Loads of cars have them now.
anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
But how about RSI from sitting still in the same position for too long?
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
I dated someone a long time ago and when they first got into my car, I waited for them to put their seatvrlt on. They refused. I told them the car isn’t moving until their seatbelt is on, and if they take it off, the car stops.
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I used basically the same strategy when my dad first lit a cigarette in my car.
This thing isn’t moving an inch if you smoke and I’ll stop if you light it again.Times have changed. They thankfully don’t even smoke in their own car anymore.
I vividly remember the hell of road trips with both my parents smoking with the windows up and I’m not dealing with this in my own car or home.rain_worl@lemmy.world 2 months ago
> on highway, another car is driving right behind
> you hear click
Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 months ago
ATGAT except when you eanna look cool then it’s all the gear at times
PaellaVacuum@reddeet.com 3 months ago
Wow you’re a dick. Imagine forcing people to do something. Instead you should just boot them out of the said vehicle if they don’t want to wear one.
Your way is the dictatorial cretin way.
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Instead you should just boot them out of said vehicle if they don’t want to wear one.
That’s pretty much what they meant and not whatever use of force you imagined.
kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
holy hell. when i’m behind the wheel, the vehicle does not move before everyone is strapped in.
x00z@lemmy.world 3 months ago
In my country the driver is liable for passengers not wearing their seatbelt. The fine is around €60 per passenger. Most people just pay this back to the driver, but if somebody decides not to, the driver can’t do anything about that.
Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
In my country, the driver is fined either way, and the passenger is also fined if they have a license (and thus should know better). Seems to work well enough
ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Other than just not drive. Which is a very valid choice.
kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
in my country the passenger is responsible for their own seatbelt if they are over 15. for passengers under 15 it’s their parent. if the parent is not present, only then it’s the driver.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I honestly don’t know who’s liable in my country because it’s a situation I will not accept to happen. If I’m driving, everyone is buckled or the car doesn’t move. I don’t do it because of the law, I do it because I refuse to have that guilt on my conscience if there is an accident.
Johanno@feddit.org 3 months ago
Well I don’t understand why people don’t wear seat belts. Isn’t that even illegal? In Germany the driver can be hold accountable for people not wearing the seat belts.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Child mentality. They claim the seatbelt is annoying on the neck or big government things. Perhaps, but being an adult is also about doing what is nessesary for you and your family.
Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I’ve even seen people try to say it’s somehow more dangerous because of ridiculous anecdotal experience like “Well I knew this guy who got into a massive roll over accident while drunk and he couldn’t escape because of his seatbelt”. Yeah man the seatbelt was the problem here…
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
If the seatbelt is bothering your neck, you’re not wearing it properly. Most seatbelts are adjustable or are designed to bit over the shoulder by even short passengers.
frezik@midwest.social 3 months ago
In the US, the specifics depend on the state. It’s usually not “primary enforcement”, which means you can’t be pulled over specifically for that, but it can be added on when pulled over for something else. In some states, yes, the driver can be held responsible for passengers not having seatbelts on. It may also matter if the passenger is a minor.
Primary enforcement of seatbelt laws tends to make it more likely for black people to be pulled over. It’s amazing how many good ideas get ruined by racism once you dig into the details.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 months ago
In the US, it’s usually a misdemeanor even for passengers (depends on state though). Considering what’s at stake above and beyond a ticket, I chalk it up to garbage risk assessment skills.
needthosepylons@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Possible case : me. I often forget my seat belt. Fortunately, most people remind me about it and then I immediately fasten it.
The reason is simple. I think I use a car, always as a passenger, like 3 times a year. When I used to drive, it was such an automatic gesture I’d never forget it. But it’s so easy to forget when it becomes very rare. Everything is hypnotizing when you enter a car. I’m glad the driver reminds me, but I could be OP’s lost one.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Yup, it’s on the driver to ensure everyone is belted. I do it every time, and the car doesn’t move unless everyone is wearing their seatbelt properly.
dudinax@programming.dev 3 months ago
I’ve been in two crashes where nobody was hurt but probably somebody would have died if they weren’t wearing a seatbelt.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I have grown ass adult friends who legitimately think seatbelts are dangerous 😔
cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 3 months ago
How? I would like to entertain myself with their reasons.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 months ago
MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
It took me years of yelling at my Mother-In-Law, who I don’t even like in the slightest, to get her to wear a seatbelt, but my kids still have their grandmother and learned not to argue against wearing one themselves.
idunnololz@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Anon just needs to get t boned and hope a girl flies into their car
frezik@midwest.social 3 months ago
Sometimes, PTSD almost diagnosis itself.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yup. Even without a passenger fatality, or driver injury for that matter, an accident like that can still screw your brain up. Anon needs all the therapy.
Pulptastic@midwest.social 3 months ago
Where oh where could my baby be
GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The lord took her away from me
No he didn’t, you irresponsible fuck. Your reckless killed her. If you had been watching the road and driving at a safe speed, she’d be alive right now. A stalled car on a straight road shouldn’t present an unavoidable obstacle for a car driving at or under the posted speed limit. Take some ownership of your own mistakes before you start trying to blame the almighty for your fuckups.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
The song doesn’t mention the circumstances, but there are a lot of situations where this isn’t reckless driving, such as:
- winding roads, like in the mountains - visibility is reduced and stopping distance is lengthened
- rainy conditions - stopping and steering are significantly impacted
- distracted by your date - reduces reaction time
It’s quite understandable for a young driver to not properly compensate for the above. The fact that the girl asks the driver to hold her tells me that this likely wasn’t reckless driving.
It could probably have been avoided, but that doesn’t mean the driver was reckless.
Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 months ago
I have seen multiple accidents but the ones that stick with me is the truck that hit a sign and ejected the driver and passenger onto the highway were they were run over multiple times.
And one where a convertible hit a curb for a light rail flipped and smashed into a pole ejecting the passenger who lived but decapitated the driver still in the car.Man I would agree that you should always wear your seatbelt because it’s probably safer in the heavy metal box but cars are just absolutely death traps waiting for a bad or distracted moment to kill you.
Pick a safe car. Tell people you love them and drive safe.
itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
There’s no such thing as a safe car. Sure, you can have large crumple zones, but in a full on crash, it’s still a toss of the dice if you make it out alive. You probably didn’t mean it that way, but I despise the car industry selling ever-larger monstrosities under the pentence of safety, when all they do is put other people in danger
Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 months ago
Oh sure. I meant like don’t buy one made of plastic or a convertible without a roll bar. But speed and luck are your defining odds for survival.
You can push the odds but using a heavier car to be more reckless elsewhere driving to keep the same odds of dying in a crash is so dumb.
rain_worl@lemmy.world 2 months ago
moral of the story: wear your seatbelt!
rain_worl@lemmy.world 2 months ago
oof, i just read that it wrinkles your shirts. nevermind.
Good_morning@lemmynsfw.com 3 months ago
There was a trump post above this in my feed which led to me reading this in Trump’s voice.
P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 3 months ago
Good morning!
Good_morning@lemmynsfw.com 3 months ago
Why, good morning to you too!
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Anon needs some therapy, goddamn.
Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Doctor prescribed Zelda Minish Cap tho
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Legitimately a valid prescription. Play on, gamers. :3
MBM@lemmings.world 3 months ago
Who needs therapy when you’ve got 4chan?