No! Really?

Originally Posted by MiniMatt

On wearing seatbelts for the rest of us. Tough, do it. All the time. I don't care if you don't like it. If not for your benefit, then do it for the benefit of the eight year old that instead of getting to see a car crash into a lampost now gets to see your ugly mug, now detached from your shoulders, crash through your windscreen, splatter down the road and land at his feet, you selfish little shi*ts....

Just thought I'd add. This didn't happen to me. But what did happen was the exact same car crash and a great dane dog flew through the windscreen. A *lot* of blood. And a *lot* of unidentifiable red chunks. And a couple of big chunks still pumping more blood. And one of the big chunks did roll, tongue hanging out. It certainly didn't screw me up for life, but it did a helluva lot more than a couple of nights of nightmares, the rather gruesome image is still all too vivid in my memory.

Sorry, I just turned a funny thread into a Halloween thread....

Do I get a treat now?

[Stu]

Originally Posted by MiniMatt

Though I'd have thought the Hawaii 5-0 would have some sort of special dispensation against the seatbelts thing? Don't you have to leap out of cars and chase guys carrying bags marked "swag" from time to time?

Knowing a policeman who lived through a crash while on a shout, I would say they have to arrive alive in order to be able to jump out & catch the said swag bag carrier, so I would say they should be the first to belt up!

[Bluepete]

As a Police dude, I do not have to wear a seat belt whilst at work.
However, I always do, after all, I've seen first hand the aftermath of head-windscreen interfaces many times.
I never understand why people don't, especially cops, It appears that body armour makes them invincible. I promise you, it doesn't.
The first pic just made me smile a bit, nanny state watching the watchers.

whats a 'police dude', iv'e never heard of one of them, what do they do, or should i say what do you do as a plod...

[Bluepete]

It's like a Police Officer, but with less stuffed up one's bottom.

[Biker Biggles]

Sorry for the derail (oh the pun)but why should a train driver feel guilt because someone stood in front of his train and killed themselves?I know the aftermath of such events isnt pretty,and have seen it myself,but if I was the driver I would have no feelings of guilt at all.Am I odd?

Originally Posted by BluePete

It's like a Police Officer, but with less stuffed up one's bottom.

i thought you were one of them psco things or somethin, you drive a big van and eat pizza late at night then

[Bluepete]

Er, no. I'm a traffic cop. I drive a 150mph Volvo T5. But I do enjoy a bit of pizza every now and then!

Originally Posted by BluePete

Er, no. I'm a traffic cop. I drive a 150mph Volvo T5. But I do enjoy a bit of pizza every now and then!

would this be on a stakeout,outside the pier on a Sat night
Look out for the scary starey eyes,loads in there

Originally Posted by leemole

i never wear one as a passenger but as a driver its the first thing i do ? must trust my friends and family more than i trust myself

Everyone wears a seatbelt in my car. Regardless who they are. Although an adult in a passenger seat is responsible for their own inaction, I still think it is the drivers responsibility to ensure that all his passengers are safe. So everyone who rides in the car whilst I am driving wears a seatbelt. End of.

I assume you have not seen that advert on the TV where a mum has an accident and young teenage son in the back goes flying forward and head buts his mum. Result being a death when no one went anywhere near a window or windscreen? Very good advert for passengers to belt up.