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[davintosh]

Originally Posted by alex77ae

I knew someone would mention it... the reason i do not buckle up is.
in MA state its a secoundary seat belt law, meaning cops cant just pull you over and give you a ticket for no seat belt. Unless your speeding and dont have a seat belt on.

I've been watching TONS, and i mean TONS of dash cam video crashes. And it seems that the more people that fly out of the window during an impact are safer than stuck inside and crushed. So seat belts sometimes save lives and sometimes dont.
However, I do buckle up for long drives or high way driving. But regular city short stops driving, I dont, especially if i need to move around a lot to see from all angles.... this video proves the seatbelt- Luckiest Truck Driver in Russia - YouTube
just have a pillow or blanket with you and fly out of the windsheild and you will be fine.

I sure hope this is a case of you trolling... That video proves nothing, nor does your claim of watching tons of dash cam video crashes. That Russian truck driver is indeed lucky, but in that crash he would've been no worse off if he'd been belted in. In most any other crash at highway speeds he definitely would've been better off belted in. Even on short trips close to home, you're far better off being belted in.

Here are some photos of the remnants of a car I was driving when we had a run-in with a cow on a dark highway.




A pillow or blanket wouldn't have helped us in that one, but the seatbelts sure did. We walked away from that, a bit bruised to be sure... First impact was upside down on the front-right corner; if we hadn't been belted in, we would've been ejected, and I guarantee you we wouldn't have landed on our feet, we would've been greasy, bloody smears on the pavement. BTW, it was me, my then-very pregnant wife, and our then-18-month-old daughter in the car. The daughter is now 25, in her second year of med school, and the son my wife was carrying is now 23, and just as much a BMW nut as me, as are their two younger brothers.
(If you've got a little time to burn, the whole story is here.)

By the way, I did a little snow sliding in the X5 last night as well; we got a fresh load of about 6 inches yesterday, and it was a blast! The rear-drive e32 was even better, with the Blizzaks and the front wheels not trying to drag me around too!

[TerminatorX5]

I am not russian Sasha, but I have been around long enough to see too many dead bodies of people (nicaragua, costa rica and panama) who were too macho to use the belts...

Alex, you probably did not read the previous thread about your use of the seatbelts, or, if you did read it, you have learned nothing...
no sense of beating dead horse, hopefully you will not need to test your theory that you learned from watching the drunk russians on youtube...

[JCL]

It is hard to believe that some drivers still think they are better off being ejected from a crashing vehicle. That is just stupid.

[mistasteppa]

this is a prime example y u should wear a seatbelt, I came out without a scratch. Seatbelt save lives

[SlickGT1]

Yea that signature of mine speaks volumes daily.

[XCUSM5]

Seriously put on the seat belt.

What wheels/tires were on BTW?

[aferistik]

Originally Posted by alex77ae

I knew someone would mention it... the reason i do not buckle up is.
in MA state its a secoundary seat belt law, meaning cops cant just pull you over and give you a ticket for no seat belt. Unless your speeding and dont have a seat belt on.

I've been watching TONS, and i mean TONS of dash cam video crashes. And it seems that the more people that fly out of the window during an impact are safer than stuck inside and crushed. So seat belts sometimes save lives and sometimes dont.
However, I do buckle up for long drives or high way driving. But regular city short stops driving, I dont, especially if i need to move around a lot to see from all angles.... this video proves the seatbelt- Luckiest Truck Driver in Russia - YouTube
just have a pillow or blanket with you and fly out of the windsheild and you will be fine.

Типично Русский менталитет если наказат не могут то зачем ремень, они же придуманы только чтоб мусора имели лишний повод заработать
Несколько иконок на панеле заменяет все современные средства безопасности. ))

[TerminatorX5]

Originally Posted by aferistik

Типично Русский менталитет если наказат не могут то зачем ремень, они же придуманы только чтоб мусора имели лишний повод заработать
Несколько иконок на панеле заменяет все современные средства безопасности. ))

ему уже об этом говорили - всё равно делает по своему... чо в лоб, чо по лбу...

[aferistik]

Originally Posted by TerminatorX5

ему уже об этом говорили - всё равно делает по своему... чо в лоб, чо по лбу...

Горбатого могила изсправит

[TerminatorX5]

Господь с тобой!!! Не дай Бог, ему ещё рано туда...

He is young, if he survives his arrogance, hopefully he will wise up at some point...