QOTD FOR TUESDAY (9-28)

Do you wear a seatbelt when in an automobile?

ALWAYS! And since I transport kids alot, I make sure my riders are all buckled before putting the car into gear. It's such a habit for me that I will buckle up even to move the car in the driveway! Kathy

Yes. More so now because my new car beeps at me as soon as I put the car in gear and WON'T SHUT UP! Now it's become a habit. A safe habit I'm glad I do!

When I was about 3 months out, I put a seat-belt on for the first time, in a very long time. My 5 year old said, "Mommy you're wearing your seat-belt, now you'll be safe!" This brought tears to my eyes. Kids are very aware of what is going on around them. I hugged him and told him that I promised to always wear a seat-belt, from now on! Good question, Pam Jane

I do wear a seatbelt because I remember watching an episode of Doogie Howser, M.D. where Doogie's girlfriend Wanda's mother was killed in an auto accident and Wanda was upset with her mother because she never wore her seatbelt because she didn't want to wrinkle her clothes. I realized that I needed to wear it for my kids if nothing else. I also require all my passengers to put theirs on too... I am not going to be driving a car in which a person died because they didn't have it on. My daughters always wear theirs and require their passengers to too. I'm proud of you all!

Yes, ever since they were introduced. Gee, am I that old? They make sense. I taught my kids to wear them and two totaled cars later, they both walked away from horrid wrecks without a scratch. The main idea for seatbelts that I always think of is this. Walk toward a wall. Throw you hands up and stop yourself from hitting the wall. (Hey that was easy) Now, run toward the wall at your fastest speed. Throw your hands up and stop yourself from hitting the wall. The blood running down your face is from your broken nose. The bruise on your cheek will heal in a few days. Now you were only running at lets say 10 MPH and you could not stop yourself from hitting the wall. What's going to happen inside a care without a seatbelt at 30, 50, or 70 MPH? Ouch. Ever seen a kid shake a bee inside a jar?

Always. It's the first thing I do when I get in the car. I even wear them in the back seat now. I wasn't always able to do that because they are smaller in the back seat, but for some reason I was still the same size back there as I was in the front. Peggy

Yes, I wear my seatbelt when in an automobile, I didn't use to until I was in a terrible car accident in the year 2000. I was on my lunch break going to get lunch, saw two police standing outside in the parking lot, when I got in the car. That triggered me to put on my belt, 5 minutes later a Dump truck (filled with sand) T-boned my compact car, knocked it into a telegraph pole. I had to be cut out out the car, it was a devastating, Had excrutiating pain in arm, neck, hip, legs. I had to have back surgery, and just last month I injured my back again on my job. They say the back never is the same, and that it is so easy to be hurt again. My doctor said it is possible to cause injury to your back just by sneezing I try to wear it every time I get into an automobile now. (I have to really remind/make myself if I am going a short distance). BUCKLE UP FOR SAFETY