In America, the highest speed limit is 80 MPH, and that's in Texas in certain locations. Where I live in Arizona, it's 75 out of the city, 65 in the most highways in the city, and 55 in urban highway areas. It's not usually the vehicle, it's the law.... of course, there are people that just don't take care of their front-end section and have bad alignment/loose suspension/bad aerodynamics/etc. Those people suck.
It has to do with the roads, really. Most are uneven, and the pattern of driving by most Americans is almost always manic-aggressive. Add that together, and it's white knuckled at 65-70 MPH as people scream from one side of a 4 lane highway to the other, braiding traffic, and tailgating so close that tapping on the breaks to avoid hitting someone would cause a rear accident.
Naturally, this varies across the entire country since there are 50 states and 4,000-5,000 miles of land from coast to coast.
You realize the Prius weights ~3980 lbs, right? It has a frame, and has a very high accident rating. It was built for safety. It gains fuel economy through non-petrol technologies.
Considering you're just being a douche, I'm not going to explain the rest to you. Consider it an exercise for the reader.
Weeeeelllllll... speaking from experience, they serve you... but also charge you extensively, and if you don't pay it your credit is shot to hell in a handbasket for 7-10 years....
My friend was in the passenger seat of a guy who had a few, and didn't have a belt on. his head smacked the dash during a 50 mph accident, killed him instantly. (a friend in high-school) My cousin was in a plymouth neon passenger seat with a seat belt on, had an accident at 80 mph, he complains about air bags and how they burn your face and should be banned. After an 80 MPH accident, being able to walk away while only complaining about abrasion burns on your face from an airbag is a virtual god-send.
Let's be realistic. It is our business as well, since we cover the bill if you get torn up.
... a seat belted person would have been able to push their body down... I've done it, just to get something from the passenger side floor... it's forward it restricts you from.
I'm sorry, these stories really grind my gears. Validating not wearing a seatbelt by saying he's safer laying free-form under the dash while a car is careening through vegetation... drunk or not... damn...
.... Actually, bicycles are not low visibility, they reflect lots of light and are pretty damned colorful. This usually includes both the bicycle & the rider. Whether or not a motorist can be bothered to look for items in front of them is another story, however.
Saying that is equivalent to saying "no helmets for bicycle riders, that'll teach them".... People are like dogs, you have to scold them to the point they can remember it, not knock it out of their brains like a car/bike accident.
Maybe the situation doesn't warrant it. You realize the objective is to get the job done as easily as possible, and the belt is not to protect you from accidents backing out of your garage, right?
I have to agree there. I wear my seatbelt nearly all of the time, but my Prius alarm would beep incessantly if I took it off at the drive-thru, or while reading mail, etc etc. (within the first day or two of owning it) I had the dealership program it for me as a buy option. Told them it'd be returned that same day if they didn't do it...they were good enough to disable it. That, and the reverse beep that was only inside the car.
THANK you... what you said was exactly right. Some things are not worth some conspiracy theory materials... that includes seat belts & airbags. And they aren't there for government control either... I know someone's going to say that.
It's not all in your head, you're right. There isn't anything keeping you in your seat when there's no seat belt on. You're a projectile plummeting down the road at the speed indicated on the dash. It's only the fact that another projectile is in sync with your velocity underneath you (and imposing kinetic energy upon you) that makes it seem otherwise.
I agree fully with you... I feel the same as you, without a seat belt.
Correction: zero MAJOR injuries. And yes, if he survived a 108 MPH accident without a seat belt and the air bag saved him without major injuries it's nearly a guarantee he'd have the same outcome with a seat belt.
One thing most non-Americans need to realize is that America's president != an ultimate leader/decision maker Most of the time, senate & congress make the stupid decisions and sometimes in there the president needs to either veto it or not.
As an American I agree with you, but unfortunately most Americans (including myself) are caught in a social-induced treadmill of life just to stay alive. I've been sitting and pondering just how to survive and fight the power (so to speak), and I've come up with nothing aside from saving up money and buying weapons, and dieing in a small-scale localized 'terrorist activity'.
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100mph/160kph is NOT THAT FAST
In America, the highest speed limit is 80 MPH, and that's in Texas in certain locations. Where I live in Arizona, it's 75 out of the city, 65 in the most highways in the city, and 55 in urban highway areas. ... of course, there are people that just don't take care of their front-end section and have bad alignment/loose suspension/bad aerodynamics/etc. Those people suck.
It's not usually the vehicle, it's the law.
My 2011 Toyota Prius is usually about 1 to 1 1/2 MPH slower than the speedometer. At 80 the GPS says between 78 and 79. (it bounces between the two)
It has to do with the roads, really. Most are uneven, and the pattern of driving by most Americans is almost always manic-aggressive.
Add that together, and it's white knuckled at 65-70 MPH as people scream from one side of a 4 lane highway to the other, braiding traffic, and tailgating so close that tapping on the breaks to avoid hitting someone would cause a rear accident.
Naturally, this varies across the entire country since there are 50 states and 4,000-5,000 miles of land from coast to coast.
You realize the Prius weights ~3980 lbs, right? It has a frame, and has a very high accident rating. It was built for safety. It gains fuel economy through non-petrol technologies.
Considering you're just being a douche, I'm not going to explain the rest to you. Consider it an exercise for the reader.
ummmm ok... do you have full coverage on that ranger?
If not, this doesn't apply to you.
Weeeeelllllll... speaking from experience, they serve you... but also charge you extensively, and if you don't pay it your credit is shot to hell in a handbasket for 7-10 years....
My friend was in the passenger seat of a guy who had a few, and didn't have a belt on. his head smacked the dash during a 50 mph accident, killed him instantly. (a friend in high-school)
My cousin was in a plymouth neon passenger seat with a seat belt on, had an accident at 80 mph, he complains about air bags and how they burn your face and should be banned. After an 80 MPH accident, being able to walk away while only complaining about abrasion burns on your face from an airbag is a virtual god-send.
Let's be realistic. It is our business as well, since we cover the bill if you get torn up.
... a seat belted person would have been able to push their body down...
I've done it, just to get something from the passenger side floor... it's forward it restricts you from.
I'm sorry, these stories really grind my gears. Validating not wearing a seatbelt by saying he's safer laying free-form under the dash while a car is careening through vegetation... drunk or not... damn...
The reason is because he obviously doesn't care about his safety, instead using circular logic to attempt validation.
.... Actually, bicycles are not low visibility, they reflect lots of light and are pretty damned colorful. This usually includes both the bicycle & the rider.
Whether or not a motorist can be bothered to look for items in front of them is another story, however.
Saying that is equivalent to saying "no helmets for bicycle riders, that'll teach them"....
People are like dogs, you have to scold them to the point they can remember it, not knock it out of their brains like a car/bike accident.
Maybe the situation doesn't warrant it. You realize the objective is to get the job done as easily as possible, and the belt is not to protect you from accidents backing out of your garage, right?
You can have one in with a nice stereo.
I have one in my Prius, also.
Your age and flexibility has nothing to do with your body not being able turn around because of an obstruction.
It's also not the only thing.. even if you can't think of it, I named off a couple of reasons off-the-cuff in another post.
I have to agree there. I wear my seatbelt nearly all of the time, but my Prius alarm would beep incessantly if I took it off at the drive-thru, or while reading mail, etc etc. (within the first day or two of owning it) .they were good enough to disable it. That, and the reverse beep that was only inside the car.
I had the dealership program it for me as a buy option. Told them it'd be returned that same day if they didn't do it..
Yes, the seatbelt is a great choice for this. It's a great seatbelt connector linkage.
THANK you... what you said was exactly right.
Some things are not worth some conspiracy theory materials... that includes seat belts & airbags.
And they aren't there for government control either... I know someone's going to say that.
It's not all in your head, you're right.
There isn't anything keeping you in your seat when there's no seat belt on. You're a projectile plummeting down the road at the speed indicated on the dash. It's only the fact that another projectile is in sync with your velocity underneath you (and imposing kinetic energy upon you) that makes it seem otherwise.
I agree fully with you... I feel the same as you, without a seat belt.
your a passive individual who believes kids should not be slapped, aren't you?
Correction: zero MAJOR injuries.
And yes, if he survived a 108 MPH accident without a seat belt and the air bag saved him without major injuries it's nearly a guarantee he'd have the same outcome with a seat belt.
It's obvious your just attempting to be spiteful, and not actually listening to yourself with the preceding text accompanying it...
GREAT analogy! Especially since Spain is a 'state' of the EU.
One thing most non-Americans need to realize is that America's president != an ultimate leader/decision maker
Most of the time, senate & congress make the stupid decisions and sometimes in there the president needs to either veto it or not.
As an American I agree with you, but unfortunately most Americans (including myself) are caught in a social-induced treadmill of life just to stay alive. I've been sitting and pondering just how to survive and fight the power (so to speak), and I've come up with nothing aside from saving up money and buying weapons, and dieing in a small-scale localized 'terrorist activity'.
awww, did your youtube connection drop?