I miss you automatic bucklers. RIP.
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If you saw the ones on my mom's 94 Nissan Sentra, you'd see they're totally busted now, and the rails are only made of plastic, which long ago dryrotted and now the guide cables are just randomly hanging out and neither side works anymore.
Hell, even when they were brand spanking new, do you really trust your life to seatbelts only held in place by fucking plastic tracks?
Plus you still gotta manually latch the lower lap belt, which most people totally forget even exist when the shoulder belt is automatic.
That's like the most dangerous form of seatbelt to have ever been made. Thankfully that shit rightfully died out, the OG 3 point seatbelt invented by Volvo is by far the best.
If you want photos of my mom's damaged seatbelts to better understand, just message me back and I'll see about getting and sharing a photo tomorrow or soon. It's fucked.
Lol, I seen so many held on with paperclips. I refused to use them because I got a black eye from one in my buddies Probe lmao.
I don’t even wear my seat belt most of the time anymore. Run it
My least favorite word as a first responder: "ejected."
Seatbelts are highly recommended, for obvious safety reasons that practically everyone understands and agrees with.
Unfortunately, in the condition my mom's car is now in, the seatbelts no longer function and aren't even usable anymore. If it counts for anything though, she barely even drives it maybe once or twice a month right around the corner to occasionally get a few groceries and her medicine and local stuff.
She almost never puts it on the highway anymore, unless absolutely necessary. She gets most of her groceries and products delivered anymore.
Usually I'd say there's absolutely no excuse to not wear seatbelts, but in her case it's a malfunction of a worn out piss poor design, she only drives it when necessary.
My excuse is I just don’t care anymore.
"My excuse is i don't have one, and i'm also irresponsible towards others"
If you wanna die so much you should seek help instead of endangering others through your carelessness. The belt doesn't just protect you, but also stops your sorry ass from becoming a giant projectile hurtling into others.
Wheee!