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Originally Posted by guccilvr
That's the thing. Most people do something that someone else is going to consider being irresponsible. This just happens to be mine. I'm not saying any of this to advocate not wearing one, it's just my thought on the subject. I won't apologize for it. If I get in a car with someone and they ask me to put my seat belt on, I'll usually comply with their request because they are the ones driving and it's their car.
I've often said that you should be able to sign a waiver and pay slightly higher insurance/taxes whatever if you choose not to wear one. Of course this will never happen, because yes they do save more lives than are lost by not wearing one. I'm not avoiding that fact. I just don't want people to come in here and think I'm saying they are stupid or wrong. Everyone gains their opinions and belief structure through experiences in their lives. Yeah, I put up some anecdotes or whatever, but those were the experiences in my life that help me make the decision that I don't want to wear one. People can blast me all they want, but in the end it is still my choice, and in the end the consequences are still mine alone.
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You, as is known by your own admissions, prefer to tempt death whenever possible. Whether you really don't care to live as long as you can or you have a death wish, I don't know. But rehabilitations centers are full of like-thinking young males that figure they're either gonna bite it whenever or they're too invincible for anything to happen when risk is taken. But dying when it was preventable is the single most stupid way to go. Spending the rest of your days with your eyes rolling in your head while lying in a bed or rolling in a wheelchair is a stupid way to spend your life when it was preventable.
Chance is just that. It can go for you or against you. But playing the odds against yourself, betting that you WILL lose? I'm there NOW and feel stupid for it-adding a nicotine habit to my odds. I can't imagine making the odds that much more against myself.
A woman I worked with in the school system had a 24 year old son. Two weeks before Christmas, her brother, living in Colombia, died and the son, getting word, was heading home to pack for the flight. He didn't make it. It was raining slightly, he was going way too fast on my small street, missed the curve and hit a hydrant. He was thrown out of the car and the car rolled onto him. My friend had to bury her son the day before she was to head home to bury her brother.
For every anecdote about why you wouldn't buckle up, I can give you one or two why you should. But, like you said, law or no law, it's your choice. Let's hope avoiding a fine isn't done the ultimate way.....$15,000 vs. a couple hundred?