Click it or Ticket

[Saulbadguy]

I just took a defensive driving course taught by a Kansas Highway Patrolman. He said he has done around 3700+ collision reports in over 25 years in the business, and out of the fatal ones he's done, he's only had to unbuckle 2 seatbelts. One guy was impaled by a piece of lumber, and the other ran in to an armored vehicle and was decapitated.

You'd have to be a reerun to get in a car and not wear your seatbelt.

[Skip Towne]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

I just took a defensive driving course taught by a Kansas Highway Patrolman. He said he has done around 3700+ collision reports in over 25 years in the business, and out of the fatal ones he's done, he's only had to unbuckle 2 seatbelts. One guy was impaled by a piece of lumber, and the other ran in to an armored vehicle and was decapitated.

You'd have to be a reerun to get in a car and not wear your seatbelt.

You believe a cop? You know how they lie.

[Saulbadguy]

Originally Posted by Skip Towne

You believe a cop? You know how they lie.

This guy was pretty cool. He wouldn't lie.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

This guy was pretty cool. He wouldn't lie.

All cops lie.

That being said people need to wear their seatbelts. But I do not believe you need to be ticketed for not doing so. It should be at the driver's discretion whether or not he wears one.

JMO.

[Skip Towne]

It should be a matter of choice. I've been driving for 50 years without one and miraculously I'm still here.

[Saulbadguy]

Originally Posted by Skip Towne

It should be a matter of choice. I've been driving for 50 years without one and miraculously I'm still here.

Yeah but unlike the rest of us, if you died, no one would care.

[Skip Towne]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

Yeah but unlike the rest of us, if you died, no one would care.

Then why do you keep running your yap?

[Saulbadguy]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

All cops lie.

That being said people need to wear their seatbelts. But I do not believe you need to be ticketed for not doing so. It should be at the driver's discretion whether or not he wears one.

JMO.

In Kansas it's a secondary violation, meaning you can't get pulled over for just not wearing your seatbelt. Plus it's only 30 bucks. North Carolina fines a driver $150 for not wearing their seatbelt, and it's a primary violation.