Pickup Owners: Do you buckle up?

[timswi]

Can you define "Pickup"? Is that like an F100 because the F150 is a truck??

I'm pretty sure we're talking modern pickups here, not 50,60,70 vintage...Just sayin.

Admission, I almost never wear the lap belt in my 70 Chevelle....If it had an actual retracting shoulder set up, I would. My very bad.

 

[ultrarunner]

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[sam5570]

My seatbelt is on no matter what i'm driving. I haul hazmat and it's something i got youst to doing, i catch myself stoping at RR x and turn my flasher's on when i'm in my pickup habbit.

 

[FatTire]

Now to remind everyone... this post was directed to pickup owners. OP, I think your data collection is tainted unless all that have replied have P/U's.

I haven't counted up, but the trend is becoming clear. I'm a little surprised how few wear belts on tractors, but it depends on terrain and what you're doing. I like it for FEL work on any sort of rugged terrain or around ditches, gullies, etc. and wouldn't want to do without the ROPS.

 

[tcartwri]

I have to say, I'm another one who would be dead if I had my belt on during the crash I had when I was 18.

 

[buickanddeere]

In my Jeep I ALWAYS buckle up. The same with the big truck. It is something about a $650.oo ticket and 2 points off my license. In the Kioti I don't. It has a cab.

If you have ever worked as emergency response and had to work with mangled people who did not buckle up. You will have little tolerance for those who refuse to buckle up.

 

[aczlan]

I wear my belt on the tractor, RTV, forklift or any car.
99% of accidents you are better off being belted in. I'll take the risk for the 1% where I would be better off unbelted.

Aaron Z

 

[Buggs67]

It's been instinct to buckle my belt as soon as I get in the car. At work I'd find myself buckling in, driving across the parking lot to get my gear from my POV, and having to unbuckle. Also training became habit to unbuckle as approaching the destination. My wife still asks me why. And no car I'm operating moves til everyone is buckled, backseat too.

I only buckle in on the tractor if I'm going up/down hill, in rough terrain or I see possibility of tipover. And when in High on the road.

 

[Buggs67]

And the law or spectre of a ticket isn't the reason. I've seen people survive head on collisions because of seatbelts and people die because they weren't wearing a belt.

 

[fidowanttobe]

I wear my belt on the tractor, RTV, forklift or any car.
99% of accidents you are better off being belted in. I'll take the risk for the 1% where I would be better off unbelted.

I agree, I too will take those odds. I was in one rollover when I was younger, and witnessed another happen. Both of us completely unhurt but I was amazed at the contents of the cars that "superballed" around inside and out. Don't wanna recover from that.