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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:10 PM Original message |
wearing a seat belt saved my grandsons life last night |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Very good advice |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. "Wear Your Seat Belt" video - It's really terrific! |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm glad your happy and your grandson is safe..... |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Never ride without it. |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 08:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
36. It's a law you can LIVE with. |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. A few weeks ago |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. I got rear ended myself about a year ago and thanks to my trailer hitch, only the car was |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
50. no trailer hitch, |
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PoiBoy (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. So thankful that your grandson is safe.... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. I get pissed off at my mom because she still beleives the "seat belts are dangerous" myth... |
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localroger (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. That myth was once kindasortatrue |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Interesting, that makes sense, my mom graduated high school in 1976 |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
58. Except when going over a cliff. Unbuckle, get on car, don't leap too soon! |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I remember that! |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 05:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
30. It persists. nt |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. dupe |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 05:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. And it is a myth. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 08:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Snopes.com refutes the myth that seat belt use is dangerous: |
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NEOhiodemocrat (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thank goodness for his seatbelt! |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. A couple years ago, we witnessed a deer-car-ice accident |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Happened to my daughter a few years ago |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. This grandmother is thankful that your grandson is safe. nt |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. Where I live 4 or 5 times a year some teens tragically die because they did not wear their seatbelts |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. K&R |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. thank you for your thoughtful posts |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. Beautiful video spot for seatbelts |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. There are really people who refuse to wear seatbelts? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. They're life savers. No one rides unbuckled with me. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. Someone needs to link this thread to DU's anti-seatbelt kook. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
62. We have an anti-seatbelt kook?... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Is there a flavor of kook we DON'T have? nt |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. True dat... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Google anti-seatbelt threads, you'll get a laugh! |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. ... |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. One of my students just wrote an essay for my English 101 |
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Mira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. h my God. Thank you for posting this, and I am beyond exhaling for you and. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
27. Another grandma thankful on your behalf |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 05:23 AM Response to Original message |
28. I'm happy for you |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
31. I'm glad it turned out okay. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
32. Glad he's OK |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
33. And this is news...why? |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. What you said. |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
34. What really fries my fritters are these damn Libertarians that grouse about |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 07:36 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. And don't ask me why my post is lined out |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #35 |
49. Anti-seatbeat libertarians annoy me tremendously as well |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
38. Let me put my 2 cents in for bike helmets as well -- |
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babydollhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
39. Seat belt and an airbag saved my daughters life |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
40. Good advice, |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
41. My thirteen year old cousin was killed in a car accident because she wasn't wearing a seat belt. |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. it is heart breaking when a young person dies needlessly |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. I am so glad that your grandson is ok. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
42. ITA--a seatbelt saved my life in the early 1970's. nt |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
43. . |
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deathrind (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
45. It never hurts |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. What's the inverse story? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
46. K&R! n/t |
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The Uncola (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
47. It's a no brainer. |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
48. Whoa that's too close |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
51. Seat belts also saved my life, or at the very least |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
52. I was in a car accident in 1997. I was driving a mark 7 that i had had for 2 months. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
53. A very timely reminder. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
56. only a complete idiot would ride in a car without a belt |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
59. I learned that lesson in high school. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
60. thank goodness he's okay. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
61. Very good advice and I am very happy your grandson is safe...I was plowed head on by |
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RobertSeattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
63. My 4 year old twins FREAK OUT if I start moving the car and they haven't buckled themselves |
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DollyM (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
64. glad for your family but seat belts do not always save lives. . . |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
65. Glad that ALL safety gear in that vehicle worked |
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