Who wears them? National average is up to 76 or so percent with the two highest states being Alaska and Hawaii tied for usage at 95%. Washington comes in 3rd at 92.5% and Oregon at 92%. Personally, I always buckle up; you never know.

 

Always, i feel like i will fall out of the car if i dont have it on.

I even put it on if im pulling the car onto the driveway from the garage.

 

Always. Ever since I got a ticket for not wearing one and after hearing of all the deaths because people were thrown from their car during an accident. Although I never wear one if I'm riding in the back seat, which is rarely.

 

always, it's been a habit since i was little

 

never...i know, i know

 

City driving I usually don't, but always on the interstate.

 

Seatbelt is always on before the car is moving.

 

i always put mine on... most of the time i cant remember putting it on, but its on, thats cause since i was small i put it on.

 

always- that beeping alarm is annoying

 

I've always put it on, it's always on when I'm driving because it just feels weird without it. It'd be dumb not to wear it imo. Hope the people that still don't wear it regularly will start to do so.

 

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I didn't used to. I was a hypocrite; made the kids buckle up, but I didn't.

Then, I got a RepMobile and the seatbelt was required in order to maintain the accident injury and travel accident insurance. So I got in the habit; that was about 6 years ago.

Once it's a habit, it's easy. Maybe a little "uncomfortable" or "unusual" when you first start, but after a little while, you don't even notice.

 

And I make sure my passengers are buckled too before moving. It's so much of a habit that sometimes I put it on without even realizing it even if I'm just moving my car in my driveway.

 

I'm shocked there are people who don't. Well maybe I shouldn't be.

Always have mine on. The few times I've driven without (like just across a parking lot) I felt scared as hell.

 

Interestingly enough, when seatbelts were fist introduced, there was public outcry that they weren't needed. Most people felt seatbelts were for race cars only, and mocked the idea of needing them in regular cars. Then there were a slew of "studies" that showed seatbelts were somehow more dangerous.

In any case, we've come a long way from there. Sometimes I wonder if in the future drivers, and maybe even passengers will be required to wear helmets in cars. It seems ridiculous now (as did seatbelts 50 years ago), but it would certainly save lives.

 

my seatbelt is usually buckled before i even get in and i just throw it over my head. i keep the bottom part behind my, i dont like it on my stomach the whole time.

 

That's not going to be very effective in a crash, and may even do more harm than good. eg: decapitate you

 

at this point its just a habit.

 

almost always - i can't stand the beeping!

 

I'm from Alaska, so I'm one of the 95% who always have their seatbelt on.

 

alwaaaays. click it or ticket!...oh yea, and its safer!

 

Sweet! When you're cut in half your family can argue over which half of you they get to bury.

 

I still don't understand why people don't put on their seatbelts...or make sure their passengers put them on as well. And I don't want to hear excuses like its uncomfortable...

 

tight city driving, normally no. highway and open town i do.

 

To those who don't wear them when you're just driving around town, that's when you should have it on the most. Statics show that most accidents happen with in a mile of where you live.

 

I always forget to buckle when I'm in the passenger seat. But I'm always buckled in when I'm the driver.

 

always.

 

always

 

Always, even down the street. Its 2nd nature.

One of my only rules in my car is that you have to put on your seatbelt. (no smoking as well)

 

I have mine on 100%. If the vehicle I'm in provides a seatblet, I'll use it.

 

When I was in the Air Force, we were told that if you drove at anytime, POV or Govt. vehicle, you had to have your seatbelt on. If not they wouldn't pay any medical bills from not wearing it. I've been wearing a seatbelt for 22 years. This was also the case for not wearing a helmet while on a motorcycle.

 

always....especially in SoCal

 

Don't even think about it when I put it on, it's just second nature.

When I was little, my mom never inforced it so I didn't bother but for some reason, the day I got my liscense, it just becamse habit.

And if you don't you're insane. Way too many deaths because of a lack of seatbelts...

 

always... this goes to all my passagers as well.

 

I've known several folks that don't wear their seatbelts in city driving. I don't quite get it. Why not? Not a flame, just curious.

-Mirror

 

100% of the time & I make my front passenger before I move the car. I have had people get out & never ride with me again cause they didn't want to wear a seatbelt. Die in your own car from your own stupidity, not mine.

 

Also, a lot of people felt that a seatbelt requirement made the car seem unsafe, and so they didn't want to wear one because it implied that driving was dangerous (which it is).

 

When I was younger I did most of the time. That is, until the dashboard introduced itself to my face. Now i always wear it and so do my passengers. I'm not paying the fine just because the seatbelt was too uncomfortable for you.

 

I've heard that in some states if your passenger is not wearing a seatbelt and they are injured/killed in a crash, you are at fault or something like that.

 

<--When I was young and dumb the seatbelts in my car kept me and my buddy from kissing the windshield. I know a few others that walked away from accidents with only a seatbelt bruise across their body.