i dont want to prech to anybody on here, but please when you get in your cars just stick that seat belt on.

just been to an R.T.A. an it was a local lad only 25. really top lad which i know personally, not sure what happened exactally. but some how he left the road bounced off a hedge and rolled the car onto it's roof. the car was not badly damaged at all, front windscreen and two front windows smashed with not alot of speed involved but he is no longer with us. we tried for a good 40 mins with the paramedic's to revive him but to no gain. it only takes 5 seconds to put it on. and doing this would of almost sertainatlly saved his live and the pain of his family and friends that they will go though.

so please just strap up.

Sorry to hear this mate.

BIG lesson to be learnt here guys - belt up, it WILL save your life one day.

I have heard a story similar to this before...........very sad.

Take note!

i dont want to prech to anybody on here, but please when you get in your cars just stick that seat belt on.

just been to an R.T.A. an it was a local lad only 25. really top lad which i know personally, not sure what happened exactally. but some how he left the road bounced off a hedge and rolled the car onto it's roof. the car was not badly damaged at all, front windscreen and two front windows smashed with not alot of speed involved but he is no longer with us. we tried for a good 40 mins with the paramedic's to revive him but to no gain. it only takes 5 seconds to put it on. and doing this would of almost sertainatlly saved his live and the pain of his family and friends that they will go though.

so please just strap up.

 

sorry to hear that graham,i guess in you rline of work it makes you think twice,my nextdoor neighbour died a year ago,in his suburu impreza he wasnt wearing a seatbelt went through the windscreen on impact with another car @70mph,belt up

Sorry to see that Greame!

 

Its a sad reminder that this could happen when it only takes couple of seconds to put yer belt on.

 

Take care all!

:( .....yer...thoughts are with his family

I'm so sorry to hear that.

 

but well done for reminding us all. only time i ever put it on is when I know i'm approaching an area that regularly has police checkpoints, as i'm sure it's the same with a lot of people.

There is one thing that alarms me with the Z though. I often travel with my 6 year old daughter , and always i make sure she's well strapped in before i even switch on the engine. But god forbid , if we were in an accident where we were both unconcious, and someone needed to get us out fast, it could be a struggle to get the doors open because of the seat belt housing on the doors. Does anyone Know if there's a safety mechanism to allow the doors to be opened freely? I often get out of my side first , and especially on a busy road I tell Hannah to wait and I'll go round and accompany her out, but usually forget she's still got her belt on and the door will only open a fraction.

Really sad to hear Graeme :(

 

A lot of drivers seem to disregard safety in the mindset that "it will never happen to them". If you dont wear a seatbelt for that reason, then at least take into consideration that it also helps hold you in place, enabling you to handle the car better.......and maybe one day it will also save your life!

 

I could'nt drive a car without buckling up, it just does'nt feel right.

I always wear a seatbelt, can't understand why anyone wouldn't :nono:

someone i know of who thinks theyre a bit of a gangsta thinks that wearing seatbelts is 'uncool' :xxx: to the extent that when i was in his Lexus and him doing 140 along the motorway he thought i was 'dissing' his driving by putting my belt on. :mad:

his g/f was a close friend of my g/f and if she had died in an accident cos he told them NOT to belt up, I would f***ing kill him! :mac1: :mac1:

Glad to say she doesnt see much of them now.

But god forbid , if we were in an accident where we were both unconcious, and someone needed to get us out fast, it could be a struggle to get the doors open because of the seat belt housing on the doors. usually forget she's still got her belt on and the door will only open a fraction.

belive me the seat belt is no problem to us we take roofs off doors off even rear passenger pannals can be removed to gain entry to a vehicle. we do carry some brilliant kit. to set your mind at rest when we turn up to a rta we have a method to go though. once we work out what were going too or needed to do. then glass management is one of the first things we deal with. remove all glass that will be in our way taking care not to get any on the casuatly's inside, at the same time the belts are cut on any car. we would rather take 10 seconds and cut allthe seat belts and get you out alive than what we delt with last night.

this happened within 3/4 mile for where he set off from. we will get you out dont worry about that. BELT UP yuo would'nt dream of driving with off with out your loved one's belted in

Sad story, a reminder to us all i think.. :(

Does the law still state that the driver can be prosecuted

if the passengers are not wearing seatbelts?

good call fella, sorry to hear about that, hope the family are ok. Its not nice to go to something like that and it be someone you know, certainly a wake up call to some people. do the same job, had a bloke roll his astra into a house one night, no seatbelt. the couple who called it in thought hed legged it because hed been thrown so far from the car they didnt see him.

 

the mate who wont wear a belt??? ffs he needs a kicking. what he does is up to him but to stop others from wearing a belt - thats just mad. one of my pet hates is parents that are nicely strapped in the front with young children bouncing around in the back - c*nts need a reality check.

 

 

sorry for language but i do hate that. (oh and as already said - if we can pop the door, have your roof off and roll the dash in 20 min im sure your belts arent going to get in the way. ffs!!!)

Sad story, a reminder to us all i think.. :(

Does the law still state that the driver can be prosecuted

if the passengers are not wearing seatbelts?

 

pretty sure that if the passenger is under the age of 16 then it is the driver that is fined for the offence. over then it's the passenger that pay's up.

i will not move even if the rear passenger aint got his/her belt on.

a person weighing 120Kg moving at 40 mile an hour will weigh about 1/2 a ton if you stop dead ie: brick wall or head on. but head on you got the speed of the other car aswell. so you could be looking at a 120 mile an hour stop. i dont fancy my chance's of about a ton 1/2 slapping me around the back for the head. do you

 

mowgs no what you mean about parents that are nicely strapped in the front with young children bouncing around in the back - c*nts need a reality check.

really p1ss's me of to

it's about time that all the money they get from speeding tickets etc was used to wake people up. get some good ad's on tv like the lads in the car with the pizza. and the drink driving one where they followed them into the A&E resuss room. if it upset's people seeing that then tuff. it must be making then think. far better to see on tv and make them think than have your family and loved one's see you on a slab

(oh and as already said - if we can pop the door, have your roof off and roll the dash in 20 min im sure your belts arent going to get in the way. ffs!!!)

 

 

I was referring to the time straight after impact BEFORE emergencies arrive. If a member of the public was concerned about fire/smoke , even if someone was brave enough to jump in after a submerged car, they wouldn't be able to get the doors open wide enough to get anyone out.I've just done an experiment outside and the doors wont open any further than 6 inches.

I think it's a valid point , and something nissan should have thought through a bit more.

I dont have any sympathy for people who dont wear a seatbelt.

 

I only feel sorry for the people who they leave behind or the unfortunate people who have to try and keep what is left of their battered mutaliated body alive after such a relativley minor accident.

A good reminder.

Our seatbelts almost certainly saved us from injury when the Z hit the tree sideways, everyone still in their seats instead of bouncing around the car and each other..

 

I can only echo what has already been said. More fool those who dont/wont.

(oh and as already said - if we can pop the door, have your roof off and roll the dash in 20 min im sure your belts arent going to get in the way. ffs!!!)

 

 

I was referring to the time straight after impact BEFORE emergencies arrive. If a member of the public was concerned about fire/smoke , even if someone was brave enough to jump in after a submerged car, they wouldn't be able to get the doors open wide enough to get anyone out.I've just done an experiment outside and the doors wont open any further than 6 inches.

I think it's a valid point , and something nissan should have thought through a bit more.chewie

 

chewie. did think the reply was abit harsh for mowgs. but know what you mean. these cars are pretty inaccessable when the both belts are on. nissan did change this on the series two and moved them to the b post. it's not something the general public come accross ervey day,nor do we thankfully. so yeah good point. we would have to pop the back quater window as not to shower the casualty in glass to gain entry to cut the belt to open the door.

 

srrae i know what you mean mate. but this one was abit close to home, not easy to think like that when it was only last week i was having a beer with him. not the best of last memories of seeing him. it's easier if you don't know them, but even then kicks abit

cheers scubie,

 

And utmost respect to the job you do.