Seat Belt Laws - The Latest Ad Campaign

POSTED BY: SergeantX
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 7, 2005 02:46
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SERGEANTX

Monday, May 30, 2005 1:28 AM

Is anybody else getting a little fed up with the in-your-face ad campaign currently running on the media pipeline? It seems everywhere I go I have to hear about this nonsense. This is one of the reasons I hate insurance companies so much. They get these little abusive laws passed - that's bad enough - but then they have to gloat about it. Makes me wanna holler!@#$@!%@#

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

KNIBBLET

Monday, May 30, 2005 2:17 AM

I have a simple seat belt rule. If you're in my car, you wear one. If you won't wear one, walk.

I believe that not wearing a belt is just a little bit dumber than sticking your tongue in a light socket.

My sister always spouts the same insanely stupid line against seat belts... "If I'm in a crash and my car is on fire or underwater, I don't want to die because my seat belt jammed."

My usual response is, "I guess being knocked unconcious and dying from drowning or burning to death is preferrable to actually being able to get out of the car."

Of course, this sister is a crack ho and burned what little brains she had to hell and back years ago.

"I'm gonna rip you a new puppet hole, bitch!"

SERGEANTX

Monday, May 30, 2005 3:02 AM

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SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

SGTGUMP

Monday, May 30, 2005 3:04 AM

Actually, I don't wear seatbelts because it is a law, I wear them for the sheer common sense. Seatbelt laws are stupid, and yes we all know that it is a nationwide law now so the ad campaigns do kind of rub it in your face.

I recently heard about a young man that was protesting the law by not wearing his seatbelt, and who was later killed in a car crash. I guess some people just don't understand that I, like many other people, don't do things because there is a law. The argument that the law must be followed by virtue of the fact that it is a law is one that history will easily defeat. I also resent the Govmnt being so concerned for my well being. I don't like to trade my freedoms for 'safety'.

edit: Insurance companies are no more than legal extortionists.

SERGEANTX

Monday, May 30, 2005 3:25 AM

If I'm with friends who wear seat belts, or find myself particularly concerned about highway conditions, I'll put one on. But most of the time, I don't wear a seat belt. Is that stupid? Probably, but it's only one of the many stupid things I do on a daily basis.

For me, it's just a matter of personality. I'm not the sort of person who enjoys living in a perpetual state of insecurity. I skip over all kinds of precautions that other people swear by, and sometimes I pay for it. But it's my business.

I don't generally make a big fuss about seat belt laws. It's mostly just another bullshit law I ignore. But, regretably, I've gotten used to living my life like a criminal. I avoid cops as a rule because it seems I'm always breaking a law or two.

Sometimes I think the reason they push laws like this is to create more criminals. A government has little power over law-abiding citizens. But I admit that's a bit paranoid. A more likely reason is that these laws save insurance companies gobs of money. Combine that with the fact that there are plenty of people eager to shove their own insecurities down other people's throats and you get bad legislation.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

MACBAKER

Monday, May 30, 2005 3:15 PM

Seatbelt ads don't bother me. My opinion is; anyone that doesn't wear a seatbelt is an idiot anyway, so I hope the ads make them think twice about it. Find another less moronic way to be a rebel!!!!

To those that don't wear seatbelts, please fill out a donor card, so that your foolishness at least has the potential to help others.

The ad that is torquing me off, is the guilt trip GM Onstar commercial with the kids, saying parents that really cared about their loved ones, wouldn't drive a car without this service. Funny how the new Chevy Colbalt has an abyssmal 2 star side impact rating, but doesn't come with Onstar standard.

I'll stick with my two non-GM built cars, with 5 star safety ratings and a cell phone with 911 on speed dial.

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

SGTGUMP

Monday, May 30, 2005 9:44 PM

So the commercials and the law don't bother you, but the OnStar thing does? How long do you really think it will be before there is a law that makes it mandatory for you to have OnStar, or a similar device, in your car all the time? There is already a precedent in place for forcing people to do such a thing.

10 Years from now, when you are bitching on a message board(hopefully still this one) about how you think that the constant OnStar commercials suck and someone tells you that you're an idiot for not using one, will that bother you?

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Originally posted by MacBaker:
Seatbelt ads don't bother me. My opinion is; anyone that doesn't wear a seatbelt is an idiot anyway, so I hope the ads make them think twice about it. Find another less moronic way to be a rebel!!!!

To those that don't wear seatbelts, please fill out a donor card, so that your foolishness at least has the potential to help others.

The ad that is torquing me off, is the guilt trip GM Onstar commercial with the kids, saying parents that really cared about their loved ones, wouldn't drive a car without this service. Funny how the new Chevy Colbalt has an abyssmal 2 star side impact rating, but doesn't come with Onstar standard.

I'll stick with my two non-GM built cars, with 5 star safety ratings and a cell phone with 911 on speed dial.

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

RUE

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:13 AM

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I'm not the sort of person who enjoys living in a perpetual state of insecurity. I skip over all kinds of precautions that other people swear by, and sometimes I pay for it.

This just reminds me of something a friend did once. He was out in a vehicle, on a Lake Erie beach, in early winter. It was a cold, cloudy, dreary, blustery day. No one was around, the beach was empty of everything and everyone. He needed to back up his car, started to turn around to look out the back window, and then thought - what the hell, just for once I'm NOT going to look. So he put the car in reverse, hit the gas, and crunch. He nailed a piling.

SERGEANTX

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:32 AM

You left of the most important line in the paragraph!

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...But it's my business.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

PIRATEJENNY

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 4:54 AM

Its really all just a money racket,

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