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[–] [email protected] 134 points 3 days ago (12 children)

The actual answer is that the seatbelt is there to keep your ragdoll ass from bouncing off the ceiling during heavy turbulence.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (7 children)

I read this horrible post a few years ago where a PoS passenger didn't buckle up. So the car drove off a cliff, her body flew and killed people in the back seat who were buckled up. The driver survived since he was buckled in.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Grew up with this...

https://youtu.be/mKHY69AFstE?si=l3cIZk4JJLoduGT5

...the UK didn't pull their punches with road safety ads in the 90s. Sorry for YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Australia had ads like that too.

https://youtu.be/jyYTPRX1CCQ

They relaunched this one a few years ago because of how effective it was in the 90s.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

America did this too, but it was too hardcore for me to share clips, so here's the Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Asphalt

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Had to watch a couple of these in American driving school in high school.

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