I'm 5'4" (162cm). I have to drive with the seat so close to the wheel that, if the airbag deploys, I'm at least getting a broken nose.

Holy f*ck that’s terrifying.

Job satisfaction is knowing you fitted the turn signal perfectly at the factory. Feeling unappreciated is realizing you work at BMW

I think it's called secondary drowning. It not something a lot of people are aware of.

It definitely does happen when you have a lot on your mind and you're trying to remember everything, or just get lost in thought and feel like you're running a routine errand you don't normally have your baby with you. I think the daycare worker is being smart. Doesn't hurt anyone to make yourself not forget. That makes you self-aware and caring about the little ones that are in your care. Why would anyone shame anyone for taking preventative actions?!

Mao did a few things that caused famine. Just look up "the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to improve production (I think of steel or iron?) C'mon, let's all build a smelter on our back yard! When leaders do stupid things lots of people die.

If you dive high enough, the water alone can cause serious injury upon impact. For a good split second it's like hitting a solid surface. I'm pretty adventurist and love thrills. One thing that's not on my bucket list is cliff diving. Does anyone check the depth and incline of the cliff before jumping off?

I don’t get why people don’t do this. It’s so easy and comes at no cost to you.

My partner has ADHD and usually only remembers to put his seat belt on WHILE ALREADY DRIVING. We've almost gotten in a few accidents because he had to take his hands off the wheel for this maneuver. Now, I just nag at him before we start driving, which he hates.

A colleague of mine rolled her car due to sand on the highway. Her shoulder is bruised and she's very stiff and sore. But if she hasn't been wearing her seat belt she wouldn't be alive.

"I'm so cool and edgy, I'm going to launch through my windshield and die on the pavement if I get into a car crash, upsetting strangers and everyone I love because I can't take two seconds to put a belt over my chest"

I remember hearing about an anti-seatbelt activist who died in a car crash because he wasn't wearing his seatbelt.

1st I will say I always wear the belt, front and back seats. now, being under 5' the belts hit me right in the throat. I use adjusters etc, but if I am in an accident, it won't be pretty

Ask a cop how many corpses he/she/they have had to unbuckle. The answer is usually "none".

Back in the day, a simple lap belt saved my life.

I often see people putting it on like a block from their house. Just put it on when you get into the car. So simple. I was hit head on by a drunk driver...if no seat belt I wouldn't be typing this now.

For the most part this is true but not always. For instance I drive a truck and the freight I haul typically is rebar. If I have to slam on the breaks the rebar would slide forward through the truck and me curtesy of the seat belt holding me in place. Truck drivers all to some degree have this delima to deal with as far as whether to wear seat belts. I guess we would rather take our chances being catapulted through the windshield or side windows then deal with the freight crushing us in between the seat and seat belt.

Ever see a bug hit a windshield? We’re not so different when we hit.

Thin the herd

Fear of death will change that real quick. I never wore one either. Even in the snow of the Capital District. Then one night, I was helping my aunt and we headed to her house. I’ve driving that stretch of road a million times. Then I hit the curve in the road. All I see is a huge tree and then a wire fence. My car was doing 360’s. It seemed like slow motion so I wondered if I had time to put my seatbelt on incase that tree is going to be my fate. No sooner did I have that thought, the car stopped in the middle of the two lane road, facing the way I had came from. Unscathed car and person. Just scared s***less. I thanked God there had been no one coming towards me and there had not been anyone behind me. I IMMEDIATELY put that seat belt on, turned around with my leg shaking uncontrollably on the gas and kept on going to my Aunts. She had pulled over after not seeing me and I told her what happened. She said “I prayed nothing had happened to you”. Thank you Auntie.

I wish all car companies did this: https://ktla.com/morning-news/technology/this-car-wont-let-you-drive-until-you-buckle-your-seatbelt/

Didn’t like wearing seatbelts when I was in my early 20s. But my boyfriend who had worked in an emergency room said there was no way he would drive me unless I wore one. He explained to me what he saw constantly in the emergency room was the terrible consequence of people who did not wear their seatbelts. He mentioned that race car drivers buckle up because they know the risk of racing and it’s part of their equipment. And that there is inherent risk in normal driving. Finally, understood.

Some of my neighbors, they’ll wear seatbelts if they’re going to be in a car for a while but if it is a really short drive they’ll not wear a seatbelt and crawl around in their car. I’ve tried many times and given them many reasons why you should yet they still don’t.

Lost my Brother in Law to this, he just didn't want to wear one. We always insisted when he rode with us, but the rest of his family let him slide and it cost him his life.

Taking a sun visor to the head going only 5mph can scrape your forehead clean off.

And eyes glued to a screen, probably with ear buds in.

Similarly, getting stranded in the Outback and leaving your car to find help and dying from thirst in the oppressive heat

If I remember correctly, he was a lawyer who had done this demonstration multiple times, thus weakening the frame.

Dang... I was hoping your were posting from the other side. I was going to ask you to tell my puppies there that I love them.

Just had a similar conversation about amusement rides tonight. Guy approached me in Wal-Mart to comment on my theme park hoodie. He works at the park; I worked there years ago. He goes "man, running rides is so easy, a monkey could do it." Sure, until you lean into that mentality, get careless and kill a kid. I had exactly one close call (not even out of carelessness, but it would have been Very Bad if I wasn't paying attention) and have been militant about ride safety ever since.

It means you're about to be hit by lightning. Run to shelter!

Need to make more dryers like the one I have, it won't start unless you clean the lint out everytime.

If someone has been stabbed with a knife or has another stabbing wound that has the item in PLEASE DONT PULL IT OUT!!!

I once had a coworker who told me she mixed bleach and ammonia. I told her that made a deadly gas and it shouldn't be done. She said they opened windows when they used it. She acted like I was crazy for thinking that was stupid.

He wasn’t just on his phone, he was flicking through a dating app. Didn’t notice the stopped traffic, it was horrendous..

Female heart attack survivor here... The chest pain I experienced was fairly mild and felt more like heartburn. I also felt lightheaded and really tired, and felt an overwhelming sense of impending doom. (Mine was a 90% blockage in the right coronary artery. Oddly, all my other arteries were absolutely clear.)

My mom's house burned dowcn from oily rags combusting.

Saw a weather reporter standing outside in a hurricane in Florida get hit in the head by a flying Stop sign. Pretty stupid way to get ratings!