I wear it at all times when driving off road or on road. Off road is more unpredictable and anything can happen at anytime.
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I wear it at all times when driving off road or on road. Off road is more unpredictable and anything can happen at anytime.
I have to say your last statement is fairly naive. Yes seatbelts do cause injuries, but in all liklyhood you would have received worse injuries or worse still without one on and you could be thrown from the car. Even at low speeds I have seen people killed or badly injured in roll overs that would have survived with minor injuries if they had been wearing a seat belt.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcrover
I feel weird driving without a seat belt, like there is something missing
Me too! And frankly, not wearing one is just...well...stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by jbarracl
Angus
snowy landys had seatbelts fited prety much from day dot same as there trucks dozers ect they work
I agree...Quote:
Originally Posted by CraigE
I think the specs were 10km/h to 0km/h is enough to send a passenger into the glass...
I'd believe it too...
Coming to a screaming halt at 10km/h before when I grounded on a rock locked the belt and hurt my chest.
I'd also like to point out, its easy to kiss the steering wheel in this case, and a face full of busted teeth and gums really ruins a trip.
SMA fitted belts to ALL vehicles (in the very early fifties) and made it a firing offence to not wear them. The resulting statistics they collected and published were the basis for the compulsory fitting and then wearing of seat belts in Australia and later the world. The big difference from previous assessments of seat belt wearing was that it was in a controlled environment where it was certain who was wearing a belt and who wasn't. The improvement in safety was dramatic.Quote:
Originally Posted by 460cixy
Worth noting was that the driving environment was largely what would now be described as off-road driving, and so very relevant to this forum.
It is also of interest to note that not one of their vehicles used a seat belt that met Australian Standards (none existed) and there was no engineering approval of any of them, and most of the installations probably would not be approved today, and there were no inertia reels etc, and many of them were two point (e.g. centre seat in Landrovers). But they still made a dramatic improvement in safety.
Both of the first two Landrovers I owned in the early sixties (1956 & 58) were ex-SMA and fitted with seat belts - although the car I had before that I had fitted with belts myself.
John
I can't think of a single good reason not to wear a seat belt - at any speed.
When I rolled and was left dangling from the seat belt, getting it undone was the least of my problems.
Five people in an upside down Rangie and not one of them hurt, thanks to the seatbelts.
If that was a sedan at an intersection in a suburb it WOULD NOT BE NEWS. But becuase he was in a 4x4, in the bush.... Suddenly the world cares.
Get ready to defend your recreation people. I think we are the new Media targets. A million desperate Burmese just wont cut it anymore! They want to get people having fun!
I
Seat belts are mandatory when I am driving.
I have been in a 5x barrel roll down the main highway and came away without a scratch and my passenger got a cut hand, pretty much solely due the fact we were both wearing seat belts. We were going 20k below the speed limit at the time.
In a vehicle like the series 3 it is even more important. I don't want a massive injection of bakelite and steel because I thought I could hold onto it. And LR doors aren't known for their stay-closed-ability.
Alan