Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxr.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihuxr!stanwyck From: stanwyck@ihuxr.UUCP (Don Stanwyck) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: seatbelt statistics Message-ID: <879@ihuxr.UUCP> Date: Wed, 1-Feb-84 15:23:39 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxr.879 Posted: Wed Feb 1 15:23:39 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Feb-84 09:42:31 EST References: <797@hou5d.UUCP> <427@pyuxn.UUCP>, <174@opus.UUCP> <539@pyuxa.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 31 T.C.Wheeler asks, "How do I remember to put on my seat belt?". Well, if your car is newer than ~1976, or is a first half 1974, you have a buzzer or bells that go off for at least five seconds after you turn the car on. This should be adaquate reminder. If you have disconnected such, I hope you don't have cause to pay for your foolhardiness. (You can always reconnect them....) If your car is older than that, try a sticker in the center of the steering wheel that says "Buckle up" or some variation thereof. (I have both the sticker and the buzzer.) For your passengers, put a nice note on the dash right in front of them that says "Please fasten your seatbelts", or something similar. (I also have one of these. My auto club gave it to me.) You may also remind your passengers of the seltbelt presence. I remind passengers, but I have not yet gone the step of requiring my adult passengers to wear them. I guess I believe that once I have suggested it (and I have almost never been turned down) I have let them know how I feel. Most passengers, I discover, don't need a verbal reminder, as when they see me put mine on they generally decide it might not be a bad idea. Good Luck, and stay alive by buckling up......... -- ________ ( ) Don Stanwyck @( o o )@ 312-979-3062 ( || ) Cornet-367-3062 ( \__/ ) ihnp4!ihuxr!stanwyck (______) Bell Labs @ Naperville, IL