click it or ticket loophole?

[stone_mound_camaro]

I lean my seat back when i drive, but my belt is attatched to the top of the seat, so it makes for a difficult situation to put it on most of the time.

['97ventureowner]

Originally Posted by 97ventureowner

Another federal law was passed saying that cars made after 1990 must either have automatic seat belts, or air bags for front seat passengers.

Originally Posted by dave92cherokee

Not true I have a 1992 Jeep Cherokee Sport and it does not have automatic seat belts and no air bags as well. As for the inspection part where I live there are no vehicle inspections at all for safety or emissions.

Actually your vehicle is not considered a car. The law I quoted specifies "cars". Trucks usually have a different set of laws pertaining to items like safety, emissions, etc.

[zx2guy]

[quote='97ventureowner]Federal law required shoulder belts to be installed in the front seat of new cars starting in 1968 . Vehicles produced before then are exempt from current seat belt laws.

'68? my cougar only has lap... and its 73... im not saying your wrong, ild be pissed if i get a ticket becuase of stock equipment though.

personally i wear my seatbelt at all times, and i dont see any bad in it wearing one anyway... just for safety, but it also keeps me from sliding in my seat.

[Mr Wiggl3s]

Originally Posted by J Rainey

I do think that in most scenarios a seatbelt will save a life and especially if combined with airbags. I was in an accident that if I was wearing a seatbelt I would have been killed. That was before the law was enforced though.

For years I thought of my situation and didn't wear them because of the accident. I have a few police officer friends and my dad has worked for a morgue. No doubt seatbelts are better than no seatbelts.

A guy i played football with just got in a big accidnent, if he hada been wearing his seatbelt he would have stayed in the car instead of being ejected out of it, and would have died, hes alive now, just got taken off of life support.

I also remeber a news stroy many a year ago about a woman who got her head cut off by a seatbelt

[KustmAce]

Originally Posted by Mr Wiggl3s

A guy i played football with just got in a big accidnent, if he hada been wearing his seatbelt he would have stayed in the car instead of being ejected out of it, and would have died, hes alive now, just got taken off of life support.

I also remeber a news stroy many a year ago about a woman who got her head cut off by a seatbelt

One in a million. Hardly an argument in the least.

[zx2guy]

agreed of the thousands of wrecks in one day most people only get bruising where the belt locked, and the air bag hit them

[J Rainey]

I though I had a valid reason not to wear one due to the accident I was in and only lived because I wasn't wearing a seat belt. Statistics and fact will assure you that if your even the slightest bit smart you will wear one. I am glad I changed my outlook on it since everyday I have more and more reasons to live. I want every chance I can get to walk away with as little of injury as possible.

[cody_e]

I usually wear my seatbelt. I gotr in a crash where I wasn't wearing one. I was rear ended. Just jolted me forward a little. No problem there. Usually just around town I don't wear it but on the highway I do. Plus I lkive 12 miles from school out on the highway so I mostly have it on all the time. Here's it's secondary violation anyway with a $10 fine.

[J Rainey]

Even 20-25 mph hurts

[blindside.AMG]

Seat belts also save time. I really don't want to sit in 3 hours worth of traffic on the way home from work because the parametics are scooping your sorry ass off the pavement.

[zx2guy]

Originally Posted by blindside.AMG

Seat belts also save time. I really don't want to sit in 3 hours worth of traffic on the way home from work because the parametics are scooping your sorry ass off the pavement.

if there is even that much left of them... ussually its a lunch baggy, or shit theyll haul you away in the car if things get that splattered... and remove you later... with a squeegie.mostly because of publicicty.

[stone_mound_camaro]

Originally Posted by cody_e

Usually just around town I don't wear it but on the highway I do.

This was my plan of action as well before I went off to school. The highway is no joke. But now at school, I barely drive or if I do, its like 20mph around campus

[raymonator]

Seat belts suck,what if they don't fit you.I'm a big guy and the seat belts in my 93 bonneville ssei and 94 f150 don't fit.Then what,auto manufacters don't care they just want the money.

[ac427cpe]

There isn't a federal law for seat belt usage... which means every state has their own legeslation towards what they deem acceptable. I think he should probably fight the ticket, since he WAS wearing a seat belt, it was just a 2pt not a 3pt belt. I believe the only way it might work is if the car ONLY has a lap belt.

i'll try to do some more research on this.

[KustmAce]

Originally Posted by raymonator

Seat belts suck,what if they don't fit you.I'm a big guy and the seat belts in my 93 bonneville ssei and 94 f150 don't fit.Then what,auto manufacters don't care they just want the money.

Lose weight...its win win