Do you guys wear your seatbelts?

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supernova-juice@reddit

How tiny does one's cock have to be, that they see not wearing a seatbelt as "badass"? That ego is gonna be more than bruised when they go through the fuckin windshield. And it's honestly very hard to feel any sympathy.

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thedailyworkwr@reddit (OP)

You should see some drivers here in california, I always look into the cab to throw the peace sign. A lot of them dont wear it

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supernova-juice@reddit

Don't they have cameras?

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Salt_Bus2528@reddit

I like staying in my seat when I hit an unexpected problem

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RWinvestor@reddit

By "Unexpected problems" tend to no longer be YOUR problem with a brush guard... they become the Blue Beacons problem...🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤣🤣

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Dirty-Dan24@reddit

I like that phrase, “Unexpected problem” Sounds a lot better than pedestrians

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Ich_mag_Kartoffeln@reddit

I know the stereotype is that Americans are fat, but I don't think even C. Paul McCheeseburger Jnr in his ~~heavy duty lardarsemobile~~ mobility scooter is going to cause you to go flying through the windscreen if you hit him with a semi.

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Dirty-Dan24@reddit

Try hittin a big group! Not that I have of course…

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Snookfilet@reddit

You know? Now that you say it I’m seeing a lot less fat people than I used to. The stereotypes used to be that we were fat and drank bad beer, but now we make the best beer in the world and we have ozempic.

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Krazybob613@reddit

Don’t even have to be a pedestrian. I hit a Heave on an expressway at night, and if I had not been strapped in I would have be thrown completely out of the seat and had zero chance of maintaining control of the truck.

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Snookfilet@reddit

Hit a what??

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Krazybob613@reddit

A Heave, a pavement buckle!

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Miracle-Mountain-man@reddit

😆😆😆

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barelycognizanttoday@reddit

I dunno. Pedestrians do a lot less damage to my truck than the other stuff I hit

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wwwwweeeeelllll@reddit

Thank you, I needed that

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unloader86@reddit

😂

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Excellent_Meaning229@reddit

You’re Gotdamn Right 🫡🫡🫡🫡

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atticthump@reddit

yep, when shit hits the fan you can't control the truck if you're thrown from the seat

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Puzzleheaded-Hat5803@reddit

This is gold. Also me too. I very much enjoy not getting ejected.

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Specialist-Box-9711@reddit

Why did my mind go to a Nissan altima 🤣

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thedailyworkwr@reddit (OP)

My old company had super truckers that didnt wear seatbelts. Kissed their windshield a time or two and learned their lesson

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WillieDripps@reddit

You haven't experienced your own windshield yet?? What are you even doing with your CDL

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69trkr77@reddit

Have experienced that. Drove a school bus while in high school ( mid 80's). Swerved hard to avoid a car and ended up in first row of seats on passenger side. Bus ended up in a stand of trees. The school district didn't think I should drive a bus anymore. Go figure. At least I didn't have any students onboard.

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Accomplished-Cat-632@reddit

Or the unexpected problem hits you. Decades ago watched an accident happen (t bone ). Driver was knocked out of his seat ,car hit a big pole (est 30 mph ) driver died. If he was wearing his belt he could have he could have steered out and survived.

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Ok-Construction3023@reddit

I wear my seatbelt anytime the truck is moving. Even at slow speeds shit can happen. I CYA everything possible. I've been in incidents where something was out of my control but because the videos leading up to them all showed me fallowing all the laws/company requirements I actually have 2 non preventable accidents and 0 preventable accidents. I wish those 2 didn't exist but I couldn't change stupid. 1 Had a truck passing me on the left speeding I was doing 55 in a 55 and slowed down to 52 when they were passing and a cop ahead turned on their lights and the truck merged into me he got a ticket for speeding going 15 over and making an unsafe lane change hitting me. the 2nd one I was going 40 in a 45 and a car ran a stop sign. I was already on my breaks before he even crossed into the intersection but I couldn't stop before hitting him. Which he was lucky if I was going the speed limit and never slowed down he would have hit the underside of the side of my trailer.

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Actual_Handle_3@reddit

A friend of mine at my carrier was let go because he got a seatbelt warning. With older trucks, black seatbelt and black shirt it was a little harder to allege. With orange seatbelts its a gimme in states that seatbelt is a primary offense. I've worn my seatbelt since my teens in 1984.

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superuser4me@reddit

I do produce delivery and I'm constantly in and out of my truck, so I always forget to wear it. However, once I'm on the highway I always put it back on. Funny enough, I was with a co driver the other day during a storm and I put my seatbelt on. He immediately looked over and said "uh oh, must've got nervous" 😂😂

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Fabulous_Force9868@reddit

Always unless I'm in a yard but even then, wearing one there has helped me in a rough spot when I did roll off bins

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Cheap_Plane8211@reddit

I got a $220 ticket a few years ago for not properly wearing my seatbelt. The part that goes across the chest, I put it under my arm. I’m short (female) so that part was touching my face. Nowadays I put some slack in it and wear it correctly. I do see driver not wearing their seatbelts though. Super dangerous.

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Nebraska716@reddit

Had a driver completely roll a loaded truck. Top of the cab was gone. He had road rash on his right arm. Broke his neck but seatbelt saved his life.

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thedailyworkwr@reddit (OP)

Sweet god, thankfully he's okay

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Fair_Chemistry_3317@reddit

You know Volvo created the modern 3-point seat belt several decades ago and made the patent free of charge for any car manufacturer. Volvo chose safety on road over profit.

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LoopDoGG79@reddit

We do at the company I work for, we have inside facing cameras. I personally wear them for safety. I use the clip that slightly lossens the strap that goes across your chest, that's a must. FYI, the clips on international trucks for this is absolute cheeks, Freightliner FTW

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SuperChaos002@reddit

Always.

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YaBoi831@reddit

I always do. Most guys I used to work with didn’t though.

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Bman_Fx@reddit

Always

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victoriousDevil@reddit

I do have a bad habit of putting it on after I’m rolling.

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Disastrous_Ebb9320@reddit

I always wear it, doesn’t bug me at all.

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Pam_P00vey@reddit

I used to find my seatbelt annoying, I drive a KW T880 2022 model. I have DDs, I cannot raise or lower the seatbelt anchor point, so I would get "rope burns" on my neck from the seatbel because of my chest, it won't sit correctly. I bought a seatbelt cover: https://a.co/d/1s4mpBA Now, no more being accused of making out with someone based on marks on my neck.

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Kool-Aid-King@reddit

I always do and if I didn't, the AI camera would keep talking to me until I put it on or I get a "seatbelt violation". Even when I have it on it'll still occasionally tell me to "fasten seatbelt".

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shana104@reddit

There's an AI based camera now??

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Dead_Namer@reddit

I have seen someone say they will crush cars so they don't need a seatbelt. I ask what happens when you hit a tree or bridge support? No answer. I went to Italy and no one wore them, I lasted one journey and I had to put one on, especially with the way they drive over there. Not wearing one does not make you a supertrucker.

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Mamatiger85@reddit

I wear mine loosely, I'm 5 foot nothing and even with the adjuster it cuts across my lower jaw.

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Ich_mag_Kartoffeln@reddit

Not always, because some of our old trucks don't actually have seat belts (and aren't required to). They don't see much use, because they're old and slow. But they are useful for specific jobs, and cost us nothing to keep around -- hence they survive. If the truck has a seatbelt, I'm wearing it. And so is anybody in the passenger seat.

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fishboy911@reddit

Yup, and company about to get in cab cam to watch you yay

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stainless5@reddit

Australia used to have a problem with people not wearing their seat belts in trucks but then they realised the reason why most people don't wear it is because they're irritated by it. They made a law that the driver's side must have a seat mounted seat belt so it doesn't rub when the seat goes up and down and use went up quite a lot.

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No-Flight5639@reddit

I never did, then one day I decided to start. It literally saved my life. I would not be here today to write this.

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thedailyworkwr@reddit (OP)

Good to hear youre still with us man

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No-Flight5639@reddit

Thanks, I have health issues now that will follow me forever. But I'm still here. Don't remember anything about though, hell the whole week was literally wiped from memory.

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Klavaxx@reddit

I don’t like the idea of losing access to controls in the event I get tossed out of my seat, so of course I wear a seat belt. There has been one occasion that I didn’t, but I made sure it was towards the end of my trip, there was little to no traffic, and I knew the roads. Reason I didn’t was because my nipples were very sensitive that day, and the seat belt irritated my right nipple.

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biotox1n@reddit

*depends In the yard typically no, and anything short maybe not if there's an annoying reminder to wear it I usually give in sometimes I've forgotten but probably over 90% of the time yeah I'm wearing it.

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Whitehoneybun666@reddit

If I have a driver facing dash cam then I do but I stretch it out as much as possible so it’s not touching me

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Ok_Profession4000@reddit

Yes.... u idiot.

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thebugman40@reddit

I take off my seatbelt when backing. not likely to hit something hard enough to need it and being able to lean further to get a clear view is helpful.

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ReasonableDirector69@reddit

I always wore my seat belt because my truck didn’t have air bags thanks to my cheap ass employer.

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ReasonableDirector69@reddit

Our fleet was all Kenworth business class cabs, just the basics needed to get by. Even the windows had hand cranks and A/C was optional (we had it). One day while driving past a wreck it dawned on me I had never seen an airbag logo anywhere. My research shows many modern trucks do have airbags.

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azmodan72@reddit

Trucks have airbags? I’ve never seen them. (I’m new to the industry)

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Fair_Chemistry_3317@reddit

Does anyone *not* wear a seatbelt? :o It is the difference between life and death in a crash.

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foreverlost1nsea@reddit

Apparently in new Hampshire it is not mandatory. Guess physics is also not applying to them

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KatieTSO@reddit

FMCSR says it is mandatory

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foreverlost1nsea@reddit

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Registry? Never heard of them. They must be fake!

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KatieTSO@reddit

Regulations, not registry.

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foreverlost1nsea@reddit

I was joking thinking you made a mistake with FMCSA, but I just googled it and FMCSR is also a thing so.. my bad hehe

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KatieTSO@reddit

My CDL school/employer gave me a hard copy of the FMCSRs lol

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llama_laugh_@reddit

Actually, that is a state law, CDL drivers follow both state and federal law. CDL drivers are required to wear seatbelts, since Federal Law supersedes the local law. For me, a class C driver I don’t have too.

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BRICH999@reddit

live free or die! also one of the only places you can ride a motorcycle without a helmet. we believe in Darwinism to weed out the knuckleheads.

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Fair_Chemistry_3317@reddit

No. They probably don't fly through the windshield and are not being tossed around in the cabin.

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GlomBastic@reddit

Mostly to avoid a crash. You definitely don't want to be launched into the passenger seat when you blow a steer. You have zero chance to regain control bouncing around on the shoulder if you've been tossed into the bunk.

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Far_History_9889@reddit

I am just made of questions right now

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Babnno@reddit

They literally make a dummy seat belt clip so the alarm doesn’t go off. Absolutely insane that people don’t wear them in 2025

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Fair_Chemistry_3317@reddit

The drivers using the dummy seat belt clips think they outsmart the system. While natural selection outsmarts them.

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RuneScape420Homie@reddit

Yeah. Lots.

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aJaxtheProtector@reddit

In my 26 years of driving, I’ve probably gone 26 feet without a seatbelt on

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K1d-ego@reddit

Yes duh I do in my car too. Never once been annoyed by it. Scales have cameras and honestly, some of the potholes in KY and IN hit so hard you could get thrown out of your seat not wearing it.

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WheelMonkeyDude@reddit

Unfortunately no

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jabber1990@reddit

um yes. its a fine if you don't

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Old-Wolf-1024@reddit

Only when I roll thru a scale

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barelycognizanttoday@reddit

In California, CHP looks for this when you go through the scales. They can see you on camera

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azmodan72@reddit

Also new truck seat belts are bright orange.

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flounderflound@reddit

I don't have a camera watching me, and I sure as hell wouldn't want to get a ticket. But you know my main motivation for always wearing my seatbelt? The way my truck hits bumps and corners sometimes, I have zero interest in being thrown from my seat or slammed against the ceiling. No fucking thank you.

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ColonelAngus2000@reddit

yes, always. one of my coworkers got ticketed by a trooper for not wearing his. he’s a new driver but should’ve known better

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oasuke@reddit

If the camera catches me without a seatbelt it's immediate termination.

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firstblush73@reddit

I like avoiding weigh station inspections, and the cameras are checking for seatbelts being worn. Hence, why my seatbelt is orange, easily visible on a camera. Oh! Yeah! And I dont want to die when one of you asshats loses control,doing 70+mph in a construction zone with a crossover. 😁✌️

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GlitteringSession115@reddit

My bad, must have had to poop that day.

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InvstrJester@reddit

We have cameras and I don’t wanna get a stupid seatbelt ticket. That’s kid sh$+. Also, everytime I think about someone getting ejected from a vehicle I feel cool wearing one

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GlitteringSession115@reddit

If im working i wear it. Im trying to make money, not be cool. Can't make money if im dash jelly.

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Anglammaroth@reddit

Literally any time I'm driving outside of a parking lot.

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Parking-Signature867@reddit

I wear mine and if im not wearing mine even in a yard just backing to the door. If I don't the camera yalls at me

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north_coast_nomad@reddit

ive survived one head-on collision before and its only because i was wearing my seatbelt. my knee is wrecked but otherwise im still here because i decided not to be part of the unbuckled cool kids club

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GrapeAlchemist@reddit

Anyone that does not use their seat belt is a damn fool

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Hamhockthegizzard@reddit

I’ve had bumps damn near throw me out the window in a little isuzu with the seatbelt ON. I don’t wanna be here that bad, but I don’t wanna make it easy either lmfao

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PGMHN@reddit

If the truck is moving I’m wearing a seatbelt. I was in a (non-cmv) accident decades ago and it was so bad I couldn’t bring myself to get behind the wheel for more than two years. Only thing that saved my ass was the seatbelt

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HorizonW1@reddit

This is is a thing? Who doesn’t have a Lytx camera tell them to put it on?

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Salt-Fee-9543@reddit

I do for the most part, but I do local deliveries about 30 a day. So if I’m only driving 2-3 miles in between stops I tend to not put it on, but obviously it’s not the smart thing to do!

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CaptainDilligaf@reddit

In my personal vehicle? Yes. In my semi? No.

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Imaginary-Badger-119@reddit

Alwasy even saved my life or at least kept me from getting more then shook like a rag doll.. mild brain problem and memory loss but im alive

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Zaphod-Beebebrox@reddit

Yes. Unless I am in Yard Move to drop and hook. I will click my seatbelt in to quiet it until it's time to start driving. Then I will put it back on.

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mothertruckr106@reddit

I didn't until there was a wreck on an overpass in Richmond Va years ago. A guy in a cabover had a relatively minor wreck but he hit the railing at the bridge. He went through the windshield and landed 60ft below. He did not survive what would have been just a minor wreck. Might be just me but flying around a cab during a wreck doesn't sound fun.

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phatyogurt@reddit

When I started training at my first trucking job, I realized seatbelts were a controversial topic in the trucking industry. Blows my mind. Of all people, truckers know how stupid other drivers are. You could be a perfect driver, and all it takes is one 80 year old grandpa to send your frontal lobe through the windshield.

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CashWideCock@reddit

Yes. It’s habit, I will put it on just to drive across a parking lot. Lol.

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Obvious-Glove-7253@reddit

Yes I’m not an idiot.

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chris_gnarley@reddit

I use the seatbelt tensioner to hold it on the loosest setting possible

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FlamedPrince@reddit

In a car, i can actually forget sometimes. In a semi truck, I don't feel safe without the seatbelt. Every turn or bump can damn near throw you out the seat.

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Sure-Debate-464@reddit

On highway I wear it normally...once I get on the little roads where I need the chest strap part to NOT fucking lock me in so I can see around those massive A pillars I tuck that part around back of the seat with lap belt still in. Had so many close calls due to not being able to rock back and forth to see around them over the past 21 years.

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Frankie42083@reddit

In fact I do. Sleeper net also and I am solo

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Casperuis495@reddit

Why are you wearing a sleeper net when the truck isn't moving??? Do you roll that much at night? Get that checked broski

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Frankie42083@reddit

It be like that sometimes

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Academic_Solid85@reddit

Yes, the Incan cameras will tell on you and if you get busted, you are automatically fired. There are no warnings.

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MarkFinancial8027@reddit

I like staying in my seat. Besides, how difficult is it to put on a seatbelt?

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Candid_Mud_6988@reddit

No, the thought of flying through the window from the potential impact of an accident exhilarates me

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M_a_eric@reddit

My first time driving with air brakes, in a tow truck, my instructor did not (and still doesn’t) wear his seatbelt and when I panicked because I was not aware of the delay between the brake pedal and drums, I stomped on the pedal and he flew into the windshield. It was the final nail in the safety focused part of me. Always wear that damn seatbelt. Plus, the road nearest our base of operations is so rough (for a maintained, paved road) that I would absolutely bounce out of my air seat if I wasn’t buckled.

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evil_moron@reddit

It can be uncomfortable, but I got a seatbelt ticket as a newer driver. That's too much money to be donating to the dot. I wear mine now

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pervyjeffo@reddit

When I'm on the pavement I do, when I'm in the bush I don't.

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Da_Reaper94@reddit

I know lots that don’t. I personally think it’s stupid and they should! Considering the last guy I knew about drove off a cliff and was launched out his front windshield.. Some guys say they’re so big they won’t fit through the windshield in the event of a crash or what have you, but they don’t understand basic physics lol

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Scared-Consequence27@reddit

Knew a guy who rolled his truck going 15 mph, watching his phone, no seat belt. He was out until he heard the knocking on his windshield. He felt like he got the shit kicked out of him for a week (young guy). Would’ve been fine if he wore his seat belt and would have been even better if he wasn’t staring at his phone.

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Metaltom1970@reddit

Always unless I’m on a yard and will be moving multiple times

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HustleTall@reddit

In the truck, 100% of the time I’ll wear my seatbelt. In my car, it’s more like 20% of the time. One winter, almost 11yrs ago, a FedEx truck came into my lane (slow/right lane) and clipped my rear end (basically pit maneuvered me) and sent me sideways down the highway towards the center median. Another semi was cruising in the fast lane trying to pass the fedex driver who was camping the middle lane and I got t-boned by him at 60+mph. The only reason I’m alive is because when I lost control and saw the other semis headlights, I leaped out of my seat onto the center armrest towards my then-gf/now wife who was riding shotgun. The door and side panels got pushed in about a foot and half. I would’ve been crushed if I was wearing my seatbelt and had remained in my seat. Everyone who saw the accident and pulled over to stop and help were shocked and amazed that I walked out of that wreck. I only suffered a few dislocated ribs, crazy whiplash and minor scratches from the impact. The car was a 2004 Ford Taurus if anyone is curious. Which is surprising that it held up to that impact.

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Abpoe77@reddit

Running my trash route on residential streets and two loaders on the back I don't but I am also out of the truck racking the compactor every so often on big stops. I'm rarely over 25mph. When I head to the landfill or recycle market, absolutely I wear my seatbelt.

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RoweTheGreat@reddit

Every now and then I might pop mine off for a few minutes. Right around the 8-9 hour mark it starts to get uncomfortable.

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dank_memes_911@reddit

The only time I didn’t use a seat belt was driving a garbage truck in neighborhoods so I could get out easier if I had to. Any time on a main road my seatbelt is going to be on.

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ramanw150@reddit

I hate wearing a seat belt.

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aastinaa@reddit

In car, all the time unless short distance around my town. In truck, only when I leave my home country.

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blessed_rising_jah@reddit

Only when I on the freeway. Other than that, I never have it on. I’m constantly hopping in and out of my truck to do deliveries. I’m a local beer delivery driver.

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ldlong2832@reddit

Nope

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HomerTheGeek@reddit

Hopefully you only kill yourself and not others

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amazingmaple@reddit

Him not wearing a seatbelt isn't going to kill anyone else

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CrackTheCoke@reddit

Most certainly not wearing a seatbelt can kill other people. You can easily kill your passenger if you have one. You can also fall out of your seat and lose control.

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Jamo3306@reddit

Yes, I always have. When my dad taught me to drive in my teenage years, he made me do it, so the habit stuck.

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Negative1Positive2@reddit

yes I do, and not because I have a Lytx camera staring at me but because it's common sense.

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Smilefire0914@reddit

They put a lytyx in my pickup truck and it’s the devil

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Jamo3306@reddit

I've turned down every job where they insisted I have one after the camera got me fired. How's that 'driver shortage' treating ya? 😂

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Tricky_Big_8774@reddit

Don't wear yellow shirts if you have the orange seat belt

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TheJokhar@reddit

I have no problem wearing a seatbelt, but I'd wear exclusively yellow/ orange shirts just to fuck with the camera

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CrackTheCoke@reddit

I wear it every time because I'm not that much of a dumbass. Gonna sort by controversial. brb

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chillary_shank@reddit

Yes I will get fired if I don’t tho. First time not wearing it is 18 month probation then if you don’t again in those 18 months it’s termination. My gig runs a strict program lol.

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rilloroc@reddit

I didn't forever. I still don't sometimes. But if the weather feels a little dicey I do now. Reason being, I seen a truck get blown over a while back. When I went to help the guy out of truck his right arm and the right side of his face look like hamburger meat where he hit that passenger window and slid across the dirt.

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Zalrius@reddit

$6 is a 400% rise? What the ……

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bananslickarn@reddit

Yeah, I find it comfortable when it sits tight across, I tend to pull back on to make it quite tight

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Rick86918691@reddit

Indeed they are annoying but not as annoying as a ticket

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Freightshaker000@reddit

It's been a habit since I was stationed Europe in the 90s. If feels weird if I don't have it on, although I don't wear it when I'm jockeying trailers in the yard.

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MadMysticMeister@reddit

Always while driving, i have cameras facing me, not a lot of money to donate to the police, and it’s obviously the best thing to do. I however will take off my belt while backing, or if I’m moving around on private property I might leave it off. For the former i want it off so i can move about more easily and who knows how many times I’m stopping and stepping out, and the latter i’m just being lazy.

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TwoToadsKick@reddit

Yes but mine has like a little button to hold it in place, so I give it a little slack and lock it so it's not rubbing on my neck all day

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austinproffitt23@reddit

Don’t all semis have this? Every semi I’ve been in with my father has had this. I cannot think of one semi that didn’t have it.

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erything4sale@reddit

Nope and I hate those that dont!

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TheJokhar@reddit

Most of them have that button/lever. 10/10 invention

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Financial-Prize9691@reddit

OMG 15 years and I just found out about the slack adjuster thing on the seatbelt. I broke my collar bone in my 20's In a motorcycle accident and the seatbelt causes me physical pain when I drive even with the seatbelt pad. Whelp, I'm a convert, I have no excuses now. Thank you!

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IEatCouch@reddit

I wish cars had it, its nice.

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Ruffenuff4ya@reddit

I'm a safety manager for a major trucking company based out of Texas. A year ago I had a driver that noddee off without a seat belt on, ran off the road and down into a ravine where he was launched out of the driver's seat and he broke his back. He ended up on the floor between the driver's seat and the passenger seat and had to lay down there for 2 hours until they could winch the truck out of the ravine and then use the jaws of life to extricate him out of the cab of the truck. So yeah I'm 100% for seat belts.

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erything4sale@reddit

Hell no!!! Cant have a wrinkled shirt when its time to find a lizard!! Plus its hard to keep my feet on the dash with a seat belt on.

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Troubador222@reddit

Back in the 1980s, I was in a car wreck not wearing one. I was lucky I was not killed. Always wear one after that.

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ATWAR68@reddit

ALWAYS !

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CakewalkNOLA@reddit

When I started 30 years ago, and lot of drivers either refused to wear them, or wore the lap belt with the shoulder belt behind them. Then again, it wasn't uncommon back then to see us standing on the top step to back up. I wear mine, but it's because I was an EMT before I became a driver and I've seen the results of not wearing one.

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thedailyworkwr@reddit (OP)

Ive heard of a couple of drivers flying out of their windshield. I see them all the time here in california, and its a big concern.

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ImJustHereToSearch@reddit

I’ve worn a seatbelt as long as I’ve been riding in vehicles and it’s never once bothered me.

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Alarming_Star_6549@reddit

Yeah I wear it. You'd be an idiot not to. I've seen the results of each.

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groovyinutah@reddit

There are plenty of places you can get away with it but once you hit an interstate highway it will only be a matter of time before you get hit up about it. When the weigh stations are open they sit in there with binoculars so yeah, they will see it.

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Rothar13@reddit

One of the guys at my job said he only wears the seat belt in his car, "I don't wear it in the big truck." Honesty surprised he was able to retire without a major accident.

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WillieDripps@reddit

Has this become the new version of "i'LL nEvEr dRivE aN aUTomATic"

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RoadRatzzz@reddit

Only when the truck is moving

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Niko120@reddit

I get helpers every so often that ride along with me and most of them don’t wear a seatbelt. Blows my mind that they’re trusting me with their life and they don’t even know me. It’s not the brightest folk that hire on as helpers though

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driverman42@reddit

I didn't until I crashed, hit a bridge abutment, came out of the seat, hit my head on the AM radio in the headliner, broke the window divider with my chest. After that, I wore a seat belt every time. That was in 1982.

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AesthetesStephen@reddit

Always, the Wyoming port of entry takes a picture when you pass by and they’ll be happy to hand you a citation for not wearing one

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iIdentifyasToaster@reddit

Seatbelts are woke propaganda! Cant have nuthin in the way when i need to crank my hawg!

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Jondiesel78@reddit

I don't. I'm old enough to have run trucks from before spring brakes were a thing. Guess what happens if you go down a mountain and you run out of air. You don't want a seatbelt to be in your way when you jump. Furthermore, the idea that a seatbelt will save your life isn't true. It just holds you in place or cuts you in half.

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Justin_92@reddit

Going through Shreveport I was damn near launched out of my seat *with my seatbelt on* and air in my seat. The series of potholes I hit double bounced me. If I hadn’t been wearing it, I would’ve been in the floorboard between both seats and the ghost of Mufasa driving. So yeah, I wear it. Lol

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pmmemilftiddiez@reddit

Absolutely. It takes like 2 seconds to put a seatbelt on.

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skeletons_asshole@reddit

If I’m going to die doing this, I’d rather die inside my truck than by being run over by it after crashing or by hitting a tree with my face.

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xDoomKitty@reddit

I feel naked without one

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ThatTruckChick40@reddit

Helped clean up an accident where a driver decided to drive off an embankment instead of rolling on the freeway, it was a newer Volvo so it had an airbag in the steering wheel. Mini fridge and lots of other items from the sleeper blew through the windshield of the truck. Driver had his seatbelt on, didn't necessarily walk away, but a back injury, compared to what would've happened without the airbag and seatbelt that's pretty fuckin lucky.

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paxwax2018@reddit

I did some market research some 20 years ago to check truck driver attitudes to seat belts (in Australia) and I heard horrifying often it was because they “wanted to be thrown free from the crash”.

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Rasty1973@reddit

Yes. My mommy taught me that not dying needlessly is for the smart boys and girls.

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John9250@reddit

Getting out on the roads, of course. Running around different yards, no. Plus mine doesn’t have the seatbelt warning alarm oddly enough. It is freeing rolling around without though lol. Honestly, it’s the same reason I don’t speed. I don’t want the ticket

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wukillabee2744@reddit

Back when I was young, dumb & full of cum I didn't.. but now that I'm older, wise& my lil semen have run dry. ALWAYS!! Even in my personal vehicle

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Wheres_Jay@reddit

I haul fuel. So, no. If this thing catches on fire, I want an unimpeded path out.

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StrawBunyan@reddit

I wear mine until it’s time to back into the dock. It locks up on me too much and I need to be able to wobble about the cab to back up.

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EatLard@reddit

Yes, or the camera yells at me.

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FlatbedtruckingCA@reddit

Yes officer..

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Vegetable_Ad6374@reddit

The only time I don't is when I'm backing at 2 mph and keep getting in and out of the truck to check where my trailer's ass is. Or when I finish fueling and pull the truck a bit forward before going into the truck stop to wash the diesel off my hands. Otherwise I wear it always.

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IndividualWave5692@reddit

I always wear it when driving. When I'm backing it in to a dock I take it off so I can move more freely.

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Montreal4life@reddit

Yes unless im doing yard moves or whatever Only started wearing seatbelts in cars regularly around 21 years old… my family was “old school” like that, now I can’t imagine driving without

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BitEnvironmental4872@reddit

Yes I do

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Responsible_Web5514@reddit

I don't but I'm a yard goat lol

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TheJokhar@reddit

I do ~80-90% of the time (sometimes I forget) But then again, I was born in the late 90s so I've been doing it since the beginning

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GlomBastic@reddit

Dump end drivers too often don't while tipping over a load. They usually tip to the right, which you are getting your skull, neck and shoulder suplexed WWE into the passenger window on the ground from 12' up on the turnbuckle. Then get dropkicks to the jaw from your CB and 32 oz monster can.

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pixelpioneerhere@reddit

When I'm plowing for the state (like now) it's mandatory "optional." Basically if the troopers are doing seat belt checks they just call the district office as a "professional courtesy" to ask that we use them 😆. But when I'm hauling private during the summer months, fuck yea I wear my belt. If it's too uncomfortable get yourself one of those yellow clamps that relieve the tension on your shoulder and lap. A seat belt ticket is a lousy way to get an inspection. The less attention, the better.

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Dragonr0se@reddit

On the yard in my yard dog that I am in and out of 60 times an hour or so? No. Any time I leave the yard in that truck to get fuel or whenever I am in an actual truck, yes.

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jderflinger@reddit

All times except when I am backing. Seat belt off and window down

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Mindes13@reddit

On the road, yes; at customer sites, no

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KalTheo@reddit

Pick up one of those padded covers for where it sits on your shoulder / neck,it saves you from rash or "cutting." I wear it everywhere, but my wife often puts the shoulder strap behind her... When I tell her it's unsafe, she smiles and does it anyway.

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thumpertastic@reddit

When we had driver facing cameras installed that was the biggest surprise. Our manager above our account told me 4 drivers just refused after multiple warnings. They were obviously fired. I’ve only been hit twice. One guy who hit me was driving a gravel dump truck, and took the offramp too fast. He went over and slid into me. He was not wearing a seatbelt, and when I and another guy came up to his truck, he was laying against the door that was on the ground with lacerations all over his head with an obvious concussion because he was dazed. I just don’t get it. Just wear the stupid thing.

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ComeTrumpster@reddit

I am never going to be in an accident, I’m just too fucking good. However, keeping my seat belt on keeps my back straight. I developed a really sore back by first three years not wearing a belt and would be unable to function when I got home. I have a tendency to lean forward when I’m driving and this will fuck up your back.

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ResidentComplaint19@reddit

Seatbelts are for people who have time to die

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indytrucks@reddit

Always. No reason not to.

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vfittipaldi@reddit

I know of 2 or 3 people that refuse to wear it. I have my seatbelt warning light disabled but i always wear my seatbelt.

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deezkeys098@reddit

After about 5 seconds of thought you will realize why seatbelts won’t matter if you wreck your semi truck. Same reason there are no airbags in semi trucks most wrecks your dead anyway

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EmotionalBar2533@reddit

Hey man whatever gets them to meet their God quicker is more work for the rest of us.

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MR_6OUIJA6BOARD6@reddit

Do cops eat doughnuts all the time?

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ThanksS0muchY0@reddit

I see it more with local drivers who are in and out of the cab all day. Not endorsing going beltless. One of my first mixer trucks did not have a seat belt. The passenger window was also perpetually open about 6".

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AE74Fj73@reddit

It seems extremely common here in Europe., I don't really understand it as the seatbelt is **the** safety device that will save you incase something happens.. for local guys I understand leavign it out as hopping in and out constantly it gets annoying but those who drive longer distances no..

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HowlingWolven@reddit

Every time occifer

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OkEvening87@reddit

Nice try officer! Real talk tho I’ve never heard of this. I even assisted a State Trooper pulling a drunk driver out of an overturned semi truck and even he had his seatbelt on. There are a few tickets here and there but not widespread.

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