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<br />Ok I have never just got in and not put it on, but several time Ive needed to run back in the house for something and started out again without them on. Usually only a few yards until I notice but a few times to the end of our road.. then the above applies.
Ralph!!!<br /><br />Yes it is secondary!!!! They have to stop you for another offense 1st!!!!!<br /><br />Some of us do not need government to tell us what to do!!!!<br /><br />Others are followers and have to be told what to do!!!!! 
I want to clear something up here. I am definitely not in favor of seatbelts in boats!!! Please reread my post. I was only pointing out that staying put in the operators seat is an important priority for operating anything. Maybe I am in favor of full wrap-around seating in somewhat high speed boats, but definitely not seatbelts and especially not anything mandated!!!<br /><br />I am in favor of seatbelt and carseat laws as there are some very stupid people responsible for the safety of those that are too young to make good decisions for themselves. If an Adult wants to drive around waiting for a 60 MPH impact with their steering wheel then so be it, but we should ALL be promoting seatbelts with little ones who will someday be a 16 year old with a license.
(BTW, I have one of those)<br /><br />I also understand that this is dangerously close to Junk Food Police and the anti-smoking Nazis, but I choose to ponder each issue seperately if at all possible.<br /><br />I find it especially ironic that aspeck doesn't wear a seatbelt in a car, but is challenging us to wear one in a boat.
I agree.<br /><br />Any good high speed boat already has large seat bolsters that are designed to keep the driver in place. Drowning is an issue for an unconscious boater, not so much for an automobile occupant. Unless you're a passenger of Teddy Kennedy. (smart a$$ remark). <br /><br />Airplane (passenger) seat belts are designed for occupant safety in flight, not so much for a crash. One do can allot of harm flying around in the cabin, unrestrained, in rough conditions. Been there.<br /><br />Personally, I think airline seat belts just make it easier for the rescue crews to find the bodies, in the event of a crash. But, that's my cynical/jaded opinion.
<br /><br />As far as Dale Earnhardt goes, his injuries were addressed with new helmet restraints. Have they been tested/reliable? Who knows. Crash dynamics, at those speeds, are so wildly variable that a real answer may never be known.<br /><br />Any crash over 60 MPH is VERY difficult to duplicate. One psi of tire pressure can change the dynamics completely.<br /><br />Definitive answers, in that realm, are VERY difficult to come by. <br /><br />KenI wear my seatbelt because I'm not an idiot, not because somebody tells me to. Whether something is illegal or not has almost no effect on the things I do in my daily life.<br /><br />Wear a seatbelt = likely to live through a crash.<br />Don't wear a seatbelt = likely to die even in a minor crash.<br /><br />Somebody, PLEASE explain to me, HOW is it not stupid to not wear a seatbelt? If there were any advantages to not wearing a seatbelt maybe you'd have a point, but there aren't.Originally posted by flyrod:<br />
Who knows?<br /><br />I will say this. Dale Jr., I think got a; "talkin' to".<br /><br />He was more than polite, during the last race, especially on the crew radio. I was listening.<br /><br />I think that his (Jr's) handlers have had enough crap from the fans, like me, about his cavalier attitude. Plus, "when you ain't winning-you ain't-crap". Maybe that got to him.<br /><br />I hope so, I never, personally, liked the guy, or his father. I thought they were arrogant.<br /><br />I never liked the "black"/"intimadator" thing that his father had going. It's supposed to be a race, not a battlefield. I thought Dale Sr. was the most arrogant SOB on the planet. Them's fighten' words-I know.
<br /><br />But, that's my opinion. 
Ditto!<br /><br />I got yer back, DJ...
I third that notion too.Originally posted by snapperbait:<br />Ditto!<br /><br />I got yer back, DJ...
<br /><br />I only liked him winning cause he drove a Chevy.<br /><br />KenActually he wasnt paying attention (just like the guy in the video). He was too busy looking in the rear view mirror, so he could block.<br />KenOriginally posted by Quietcat:<br /> I know, maybe Earnhardt was sleeping like the guy in the video. Then KIZ could get his irony back . . .
Oh, They'll figure it out one day, DJ.. When they're dead, that is...
