Title: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Lokmar on May 06, 2023, 11:37:49 PM
Post by: Lokmar on May 06, 2023, 11:37:49 PM
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Melson Gibson on May 06, 2023, 11:57:43 PM
Post by: Melson Gibson on May 06, 2023, 11:57:43 PM
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Anonymous on May 07, 2023, 12:30:39 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 07, 2023, 12:30:39 AM
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Lokmar on May 07, 2023, 01:44:20 AM
Post by: Lokmar on May 07, 2023, 01:44:20 AM
I often don't belt up properly either (I find seat belts to be extremely uncomfortable). But because the cops kept hassling me about it, I had to come up with a solution. Large commercial vehicles have a 'Komfort Latch' that allow you to lock the belt out at any length. There are somewhat similar devices available for cars too, that clip onto the belt. Then you can just drape the belt over your shoulder loosely without even buckling it up, so no chafing, but from outward appearances it looks like I am belted in...(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://i.ibb.co/MSJGYF1/Komfort-Latch-Tight-1.jpg%22%3Ehttps://i.ibb.co/MSJGYF1/Komfort-Latch-Tight-1.jpg%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Thats a pretty cool gadget!
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Melson Gibson on May 07, 2023, 02:15:21 AM
Post by: Melson Gibson on May 07, 2023, 02:15:21 AM
Thats a pretty cool gadget!
Yep! It's the only way I can tolerate 'wearing' a seat belt. The commercial truck ones are actually fastened to the interior, but Amazon and most likely any big box automotive store will carry the non-permanently affixed style which I use. They're like $5.00.
Then you can look like you're wearing your belt, without actually having the damn thing chafing you!
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: DKG on May 07, 2023, 02:33:09 PM
Post by: DKG on May 07, 2023, 02:33:09 PM
And fuck ALL of you cunt cawksukerz who have a problem with it!!!!
The beeping would drive me batty.
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Lokmar on May 07, 2023, 02:37:09 PM
Post by: Lokmar on May 07, 2023, 02:37:09 PM
And fuck ALL of you cunt cawksukerz who have a problem with it!!!!
The beeping would drive me batty.
Dodge vehicles are the worst. GM's ding the least amount. No more than 2 minutes. Most of the time, I dont even hear the noise. I do have to tell people to fuck off now and then tho. My older kids fuck with me about it, asking "whats that dinging noise?" "Is there something wrong with the car?"
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Odinson on May 07, 2023, 02:42:19 PM
Post by: Odinson on May 07, 2023, 02:42:19 PM
But incase of any kind of collision, you are fucked without a seatbelt.
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Lokmar on May 07, 2023, 02:47:22 PM
Post by: Lokmar on May 07, 2023, 02:47:22 PM
I dont always wear the seatbelt... If I like leave the store and head home, I dont wear seatbelt most of the time.
But incase of any kind of collision, you are fucked without a seatbelt.
I've been in several accidents. Never bad enough to get hurt from no belt.
If I'm on the companies clock, I wear a belt. When I'm racing, I wear a belt.
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Melson Gibson on May 07, 2023, 08:14:56 PM
Post by: Melson Gibson on May 07, 2023, 08:14:56 PM
Dodge vehicles are the worst. GM's ding the least amount. No more than 2 minutes. Most of the time, I dont even hear the noise. I do have to tell people to fuck off now and then tho. My older kids fuck with me about it, asking "whats that dinging noise?" "Is there something wrong with the car?"
There's a procedure on the Fords that I own and have owned that will disable the warning chime and dash warning light. On other makes where this isn't possible, some guys will grab the male buckle part from a junkyard and just leave that plugged into the buckle...
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Anonymous on May 07, 2023, 08:20:49 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 07, 2023, 08:20:49 PM
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Melson Gibson on May 07, 2023, 08:42:43 PM
Post by: Melson Gibson on May 07, 2023, 08:42:43 PM
I disconnected the wire under the seat of the ranger. When I brought the truck in to fix the heat they reconnected it, as well as put fuses in for the horn and interior light even though I didn't ask them to.
Ford makes it easy to disable the feature. This is for F150's, but I believe my Ranger used the exact same method. This should be in your owners manual. It's probably better to use this method, since disconnecting wires may affect the airbags...
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Lokmar on May 07, 2023, 09:29:38 PM
Post by: Lokmar on May 07, 2023, 09:29:38 PM
I disconnected the wire under the seat of the ranger. When I brought the truck in to fix the heat they reconnected it, as well as put fuses in for the horn and interior light even though I didn't ask them to.
Ford makes it easy to disable the feature. This is for F150's, but I believe my Ranger used the exact same method. This should be in your owners manual. It's probably better to use this method, since disconnecting wires may affect the airbags...(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://i.ibb.co/vmHpdjx/Capture.png%22%3Ehttps://i.ibb.co/vmHpdjx/Capture.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
As previously stated, my proceedure is I hop in the car, start it, drive off, and wait for as long as it takes for the ding to stop.
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Anonymous on May 07, 2023, 10:30:41 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 07, 2023, 10:30:41 PM
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Thiel on May 07, 2023, 10:33:08 PM
Post by: Thiel on May 07, 2023, 10:33:08 PM
My truck was recalled for the airbag years ago. I never brought it in. They send letters now and then asking me to bring it in. Apparently a metal piece explodes when the passenger airbag is triggered and it blasts out, potentially killing people.
Jo Jo is my boyfriend.
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Anonymous on May 07, 2023, 11:25:21 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 07, 2023, 11:25:21 PM
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Berry Sweet on May 08, 2023, 01:53:05 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on May 08, 2023, 01:53:05 AM
Wear your seat belt people, it could save your life.
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Anonymous on May 08, 2023, 02:02:49 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 08, 2023, 02:02:49 AM
This is a dumb thread.
Wear your seat belt people, it could save your life.
Absolutely it can.
My greatest concern is I might have my life saved and have to spend it as a paraplegic where I might otherwise have been killed outright.
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Lokmar on May 08, 2023, 02:05:08 AM
Post by: Lokmar on May 08, 2023, 02:05:08 AM
This is a dumb thread.
Wear your seat belt people, it could save your life.
How about, its a good idea, but exercise your freedom of choice! I sure as fuck dont need it to be a law. It doesnt matter anyway though cause I dont follow it.
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Melson Gibson on May 08, 2023, 03:40:51 AM
Post by: Melson Gibson on May 08, 2023, 03:40:51 AM
Absolutely it can.
My greatest concern is I might have my life saved and have to spend it as a paraplegic where I might otherwise have been killed outright.
Quite a few guys in the commercial trucking world, including myself, believe this to be true. If a seat belt makes the difference between life and death in a 100,000 lb vehicle, you probably won't want to live.
There was a time when the cops would leave us alone if not belted in a large commercial vehicle, but not anymore! The cops have no problems creating gridlock by pulling us over even in town to write up a seat belt ticket to fill those quotas!
Spending 20 minutes belted up in a dump truck would have them crying like a baby, and they'd then understand why many of us don't wear them.
Title: Re: I STILL dont wear my seatbelt!
Post by: Anonymous on May 11, 2023, 02:01:04 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 11, 2023, 02:01:04 AM