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Another pet hate of mine - people who don't wear seatbelts .This makes me really mad especially when there are children in the car ...and mobile phones,how many people still use their mobile phone while in the car:mad: ...makes you wonder ..whats the point of having laws :-5

yes always and everybody in my car has to be buckled up too.

I use my seat belt. I also have to admit to ocassionaly using my cell phone.

I never use the phone while driving....I'm too much of an airhead to do both at the same time....:yh_silly :wah:

Yes Ma'am! I do use my seatbelt and I don't drive but if I did, you would not see me yapping on my cell! That makes me livid to see that! My friend does it all the time while we're driving and I keep having to tell her to knock it off. Worse, she's always telling me about bunnies she's run over and she denies it, but I KNOW it's partly because she's on that $@!#&* cell phone!!

I don't think I would want to drive if I didn't have my seatbelt on, I crashed once and if I hadn't had the belt on I think I would be driving on that big racing track in the sky. So no, I never drive without it on.

i dont use my seatbelt. i admit i have my windows tinted so i can get away with it.

blonde menace on the road....................:-3

guppy wrote: i dont use my seatbelt. i admit i have my windows tinted so i can get away with it.

blonde menace on the road....................:-3


Oh my, please wear your seatbelt guppy, its so dangerous not to, its not till you've been in a crash that you realize how easy it is to get killed or badly hurt, really, even with airbags and all that.

Galbally wrote: Oh my, please wear your seatbelt guppy, its so dangerous not to, its not till you've been in a crash that you realize how easy it is to get killed or badly hurt, really, even with airbags and all that.


thak u for your concern galbally. i have very limited vision. i have to be able to turn around and look down the whole side of my car before i change lanes. i cant do that with a seatbelt. so i take the risk.

it's either that or dont drive at all. .............

It really suprises me just how many people don't wear a seat belt . Its the children i worry about - ive seen cars with 3 or 4 kids jumping around in the back and if anything happened they wouldn't stand a chance Maybe now its compulsary for kids to be strapped into a size appropriate child seat there will be fewer accidents - heres hoping

guppy wrote: thak u for your concern galbally. i have very limited vision. i have to be able to turn around and look down the whole side of my car before i change lanes. i cant do that with a seatbelt. so i take the risk.

it's either that or dont drive at all. .............


Just be careful guppy, its so dangerous.

Galbally wrote: Just be careful guppy, its so dangerous.


I am. The only wreck i ever had was when a driver came into my lane head on and ran me off the road. (did you know trees dont move?)

I always wear mine both for safety as an example to my son. Statistically in the US most traffic fatalities are caused by someone being ejected from the vehicle. A seat belt and locked doors will keep everyone inside during a crash..

zinkyusa wrote: I always wear mine both for safety as an example to my son. Statistically in the US most traffic fatalities are caused by someone being ejected from the vehicle. A seat belt and locked doors will keep everyone inside during a crash..


:p i think i have heard this lecture before.............

guppy wrote: :p i think i have heard this lecture before.............


:-5 :-5

Hamster;440317 wrote: I am appauled!!!!!


Somebody has to break a few laws or why else would we need them. I have my buisness phones forewarded ( is that a word) To my cell phone when I am not at work. i hate to miss a possible sale.

guppy;440329 wrote: thak u for your concern galbally. i have very limited vision. i have to be able to turn around and look down the whole side of my car before i change lanes. i cant do that with a seatbelt. so i take the risk.



it's either that or dont drive at all. .............


Guppy: From here on out, to be known as: ORGAN DONOR.



Remind me to stay out of the state of Georgia...



:(

valerie;440398 wrote: Guppy: From here on out, to be known as: ORGAN DONOR.



Remind me to stay out of the state of Georgia...



:(


If you don't like Guppy's driving then stay off the sidewalks.:wah:

zinkyusa;440402 wrote: If you don't like Guppy's driving then stay off the sidewalks.:wah:


or out of my car...................:wah:

Always wear my seatbelt. I also talk on the cell phone while driving at times. There is no law against that yet in Nova Scotia. If it becomes law I will abide.

I forgot to mention that there isnt any law here about talking on cell phones either.

YZGI;440436 wrote: I forgot to mention that there isnt any law here about talking on cell phones either.


d/n know they had them in Texas, thought you all still rode mules and communicated by smoke signal..

zinkyusa;440438 wrote: d/n know they had them in Texas, thought you all still rode mules and communicated by smoke signal..
While that may be true, I am not from Texas.

YZGI;440436 wrote: I forgot to mention that there isnt any law here about talking on cell phones either.


In our state cell phone use while driving is supposed to be hands free. Not that many people follow that law, but it is a law.

YZGI;440441 wrote: While that may be true, I am not from Texas.


well you're out there on that flat thingy somewhere right?

zinkyusa;440445 wrote: well you're out there on that flat thingy somewhere right?


Yuppers. The only thing good about where I live is that you can see the cops from miles away.:wah:

Zink I live just outside of Wichita Ks. My buisiness is in Wichita.

YZGI;440453 wrote: Zink I live just outside of Wichita Ks. My buisiness is in Wichita.


Cool, I like Kansas, got an uncle and cousins near KC..they love the Chiefs..

I always wear a seatbelt. I would feel uncomfortable *not* wearing one.

And everyone in my car has to wear one.

Or they're not staying in my car :driving:

YZGI;440453 wrote: Zink I live just outside of Wichita Ks. My buisiness is in Wichita.


Wichita? Cool!, I'm gonna do "wichita linesman" as a tribute to your business! I can't right now cause I'm stuck in Dublin airport waiting for my friends lufthansa flight from London to arrive!

P.S, is wichita a nice place? I always wondered?

I ALWAYS wear a seat belt and make sure any passengers in my car wear theirs.



I never use my mobile phone when driving and it makes my blood boil when I see people using theirs.

Absolutely YES I always wear the seatbelt. I insist on everyone buckling up, too. In fact, my car has this really irritating boing-boing if it senses weight on the seat and the belt is not buckled

And absolutely NEVER talk on the cell while driving. I am sure we wouldn't survive! Can't seem to manage it.

YZGI;440453 wrote: Zink I live just outside of Wichita Ks. My buisiness is in Wichita.


been thru there many times! :driving: :-6

my favorite thing about Kansas is the fields of sunflowers you all get. beautiful!! :-6

Galbally;440489 wrote: P.S, is wichita a nice place? I always wondered?


It's pretty much like any other medium size midwest American city. The people here are very friendly. It seems the sports people i.e. hockey players, minor league baseball players etc.etc. that come and play here seem to end up settling here. My cousin married a player from the hockey team who was from New York City, He said he couldn't believe how nice people were here. If you need something all you have to do is ask and its done. Now dont get me wrong we have the usual gang hot spots and such but they pretty much stay in the northern part of the city.

I didnt regularly wear my seatbelt until about two years ago. My older brother was t-boned. he wasnt wearing his seatbelt and he got pretty messed up. He stayed that way for about 9 months. Since then i've always worn and will wear my seat belt.



As for talking on the phone while driving. Im guilty. I try to only talk while im going straight and i always put the phone down when i make a turn.



pantsonfire321@aol.com;440332 wrote: ive seen cars with 3 or 4 kids jumping around in the back and if anything happened they wouldn't stand a chance


Pants, Ive seen cops just pass by cars like that. it drives me nuts.

sunny104;440519 wrote: been thru there many times! :driving: :-6



my favorite thing about Kansas is the fields of sunflowers you all get. beautiful!! :-6
Hey Sunny. My wife planted some giant sunflowers in our back yard this year. They all got over 8' tall and the heads were over 18" across.

YZGI;440558 wrote: Hey Sunny. My wife planted some giant sunflowers in our back yard this year. They all got over 8' tall and the heads were over 18" across.


are you sure they wern't triffids?

zinkyusa;440559 wrote: are you sure they wern't triffids?


back to your cave! :sneaky:

zinkyusa;440559 wrote: are you sure they wern't triffids?


Hey I didnt plant them, I didnt water them, I just looked at them and they looked like sunflowers to me. :wah:

Fibonacci;440556 wrote: As for talking on the phone while driving. Im guilty. I try to only talk while im going straight and i always put the phone down when i make a turn.


I am guilty of it as well.

As of now, Massachusetts does not yet have a 'hands-free' cell phone policy for driving.

I think it's a great idea. But it's probably even better if people pulled their cars over to use the phone.

If your cell phone has the speakerphone function, use it. You don't have to hold the phone to talk on it while you are driving.

cherandbuster;440575 wrote: I am guilty of it as well.



As of now, Massachusetts does not yet have a 'hands-free' cell phone policy for driving.



I think it's a great idea. But it's probably even better if people pulled their cars over to use the phone.


I buckle up for safety...



Buckle up for safety

Buckle up!



Put your mind at ease

Tell your riders please



Buckle up for safety everybody

BUCKLE UP!!

;)

I never even hear the "ding" in my truck because I buckle up even

before I turn the key.



As for cell phones, there's massive abuse of those. I only use mine

on RARE occasions for a QUICK call. "Honey I'm stuck I'll be there

about 15 mins late" or something. I don't think anybody should have

long conversations, hands free or not.



But Cher, pulling over on the freeway can be MORE dangerous than

talking. Unless you can take an exit onto a surface street or something.

If I had to, I'd just make my call, rather than pull to the shoulder o9n

the freeway!!

valerie;440607 wrote: But Cher, pulling over on the freeway can be MORE dangerous than

talking. Unless you can take an exit onto a surface street or something.

If I had to, I'd just make my call, rather than pull to the shoulder o9n

the freeway!!


Excellent point, Val :-6

guppy wrote: I am. The only wreck i ever had was when a driver came into my lane head on and ran me off the road. (did you know trees dont move?)thinking:


Trees are very bad things to hit - even small ones.

Bill Sikes;440623 wrote: Trees are very bad things to hit - even small ones.


I CAN VOUCH FOR THAT. It wasn't intended. the blasted tree smacked me back and totalled my car. :driving: (it was a big ole pine tree)

chonsigirl wrote: If your cell phone has the speakerphone function, use it. You don't have to hold the phone to talk on it while you are driving.


According to tests run by the TRL, using a hands-free set is very nearly as bad

as using an "ordinary" 'phone (which has been likened to the risk from drink-

driving). The issue is not lack of control so much as lack of concentration!

I always buckle up and so are my kids. As for the cellphone issue, half the time my cellphone battery is dead and I have no clue where it's at.



Kansas oye Home of Sunshine, Sunflowers, and yea well I'm stopping there.