The safety nuts are at it again

[T. A. Gardner]

Coming soon, a new seatbelt safety requirement will have all seats in a vehicle wired to set off the ding-a-ling seatbelt warning when occupied.

Seat belt warnings will soon be required for rear seats: Here's what to know

Implementation of the rule is expected to prevent more than 50 vehicle-related deaths each year, NHTSA says.

www.usatoday.com

Mandatory Rear Seat Belt Alarms Coming To All US Cars In 2027 | Carscoops

A similar rule for rear passenger seat belt reminders has been into effect in the European Union since 2019

www.carscoops.com

U.S. to Mandate Rear Seat Belt Alarms in New Vehicles by 2027 - Motor Illustrated

New U.S. vehicles will require Rear seat belt alarms starting September 2027. NHTSA estimates the rule will save 50 lives annually and prevent 500 injuries. Front-seat alerts will also be enhanced, with rules taking effect in 2026. On Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

motorillustrated.com

Now, this might seem like a good idea, but it's not. It will drive you insane if you use your vehicle to do anything other than haul passengers in those seats. Got the dog that likes to bounce from seat to seat sticking his head out the window? Be prepared for perpetual ding-a-linging from the seatbelt warning thing. Carry shopping, tools, supplies, or other non-passenger stuff in the seats regularly? Be prepared to have to seat belt them in.

This was tried back in the early 70's and within just a few years was tossed because it caused so many people problems doing stuff like I gave examples of. This will just add cost and major annoyance to car owners for no good return on anything. You can't fix stupid, and you probably shouldn't. We should let stupid kill itself off like nature intended.

 

[AProudLefty]

Wouldn't affect me as I am deaf.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Wouldn't affect me as I am deaf.

Lucky you... at least in this case.

 

[RB 60]

Coming soon, a new seatbelt safety requirement will have all seats in a vehicle wired to set off the ding-a-ling seatbelt warning when occupied.

Seat belt warnings will soon be required for rear seats: Here's what to know

Implementation of the rule is expected to prevent more than 50 vehicle-related deaths each year, NHTSA says.

www.usatoday.com

Mandatory Rear Seat Belt Alarms Coming To All US Cars In 2027 | Carscoops

A similar rule for rear passenger seat belt reminders has been into effect in the European Union since 2019

www.carscoops.com

U.S. to Mandate Rear Seat Belt Alarms in New Vehicles by 2027 - Motor Illustrated

New U.S. vehicles will require Rear seat belt alarms starting September 2027. NHTSA estimates the rule will save 50 lives annually and prevent 500 injuries. Front-seat alerts will also be enhanced, with rules taking effect in 2026. On Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

motorillustrated.com

Now, this might seem like a good idea, but it's not. It will drive you insane if you use your vehicle to do anything other than haul passengers in those seats. Got the dog that likes to bounce from seat to seat sticking his head out the window? Be prepared for perpetual ding-a-linging from the seatbelt warning thing. Carry shopping, tools, supplies, or other non-passenger stuff in the seats regularly? Be prepared to have to seat belt them in.

This was tried back in the early 70's and within just a few years was tossed because it caused so many people problems doing stuff like I gave examples of. This will just add cost and major annoyance to car owners for no good return on anything. You can't fix stupid, and you probably shouldn't. We should let stupid kill itself off like nature intended.

Ding-a-ling ...?

 

[Nordberg]

yes, Trumpys, you are correct. Safety is bad. Get rid of those annoying seatbelts and safety glass. All the safety regs take away your Trumpian powers.

 

[anonymoose]

Coming soon, a new seatbelt safety requirement will have all seats in a vehicle wired to set off the ding-a-ling seatbelt warning when occupied.

Seat belt warnings will soon be required for rear seats: Here's what to know

Implementation of the rule is expected to prevent more than 50 vehicle-related deaths each year, NHTSA says.

www.usatoday.com

Mandatory Rear Seat Belt Alarms Coming To All US Cars In 2027 | Carscoops

A similar rule for rear passenger seat belt reminders has been into effect in the European Union since 2019

www.carscoops.com

U.S. to Mandate Rear Seat Belt Alarms in New Vehicles by 2027 - Motor Illustrated

New U.S. vehicles will require Rear seat belt alarms starting September 2027. NHTSA estimates the rule will save 50 lives annually and prevent 500 injuries. Front-seat alerts will also be enhanced, with rules taking effect in 2026. On Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

motorillustrated.com

Now, this might seem like a good idea, but it's not. It will drive you insane if you use your vehicle to do anything other than haul passengers in those seats. Got the dog that likes to bounce from seat to seat sticking his head out the window? Be prepared for perpetual ding-a-linging from the seatbelt warning thing. Carry shopping, tools, supplies, or other non-passenger stuff in the seats regularly? Be prepared to have to seat belt them in.

This was tried back in the early 70's and within just a few years was tossed because it caused so many people problems doing stuff like I gave examples of. This will just add cost and major annoyance to car owners for no good return on anything. You can't fix stupid, and you probably shouldn't. We should let stupid kill itself off like nature intended.

Easy solution.

Wouldn't affect me as I am deaf.

Me neither. And I’m not deaf.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

yes, Trumpys, you are correct. Safety is bad. Get rid of those annoying seatbelts and safety glass. All the safety regs take away your Trumpian powers.

Wrong! As Mike Rowe (the Dirty Jobs guy) says, "Safety third." Safety is YOUR responsibility, not some government bureaucrat's in Dirty City. Putting seatbelts in cars is great and a good safety measure, forcing you to wear them isn't. If you are too stupid to recognize the value of seatbelts, then you get what you deserve. Nature has a way of killing of the stupid. Safety nuts try and keep the stupid alive and breeding. It's one of the ways you create an idiocrasy.

 

[gfm7175]

yes, Trumpys, you are correct. Safety is bad. Get rid of those annoying seatbelts and safety glass. All the safety regs take away your Trumpian powers.

The seatbelts are fine; just get rid of the damn minutes-long dinging noise.

 

[WinterBorn]

Wrong! As Mike Rowe (the Dirty Jobs guy) says, "Safety third." Safety is YOUR responsibility, not some government bureaucrat's in Dirty City. Putting seatbelts in cars is great and a good safety measure, forcing you to wear them isn't. If you are too stupid to recognize the value of seatbelts, then you get what you deserve. Nature has a way of killing of the stupid. Safety nuts try and keep the stupid alive and breeding. It's one of the ways you create an idiocrasy.

The problem with your theory is that those who ignore safety rules don't just hurt or kill themselves.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

The problem with your theory is that those who ignore safety rules don't just hurt or kill themselves.

Usually, yes, that's exactly what they do. Employers, insurers, and others don't like the problems that cause mainly because the US has far, far, too many liars... err, lawyers, who have nothing better to do but sue them because the stupid person deserves money for their stupidity.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

 

[Walt]

Common sense says you should be already wearing your seatbelt. Seatbelts save lives.

I do not know if I agree with seatbelt alarms, but I certainly do not agree with not wearing seatbelts.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Common sense says you should be already wearing your seatbelt. Seatbelts save lives.

I do not know if I agree with seatbelt alarms, but I certainly do not agree with not wearing seatbelts.

My position is 'You can't fix stupid.' But safety fanatics and other busy body bureaucrats will try and in the process make life miserable for the rest-of-us who are reasonable and will look out for our own safety. As for lawyers...

 

[Diogenes]

Ding-a-ling ...?

That's not your car, is it?

 

[Diogenes]

I do not know if I agree with seatbelt alarms, but I certainly do not agree with not wearing seatbelts.

Did someone say they did?

 

[WinterBorn]

Did someone say they did?

Did I say anyone said it?

 

[AProudLefty]

Did I say anyone said it?

It's a Jedi mindfuck.

 

[Diogenes]

Easy solution.

This you?

 

[Diogenes]

Did I say anyone said it?

So nobody said it. Why bring it up?

 

[RB 60]

That's not your car, is it?

No, that one isn't, but it's pretty close. Mine is a shade darker and a higher quality reproduction with knock-off wheels, a big block and oil cooler in the nose.
Interior is basically the same, with a Simpson 5-point safety harness.