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Seatbelt issue is probably going away. My car will nag the hell out of me if anyone isn't wearing a seatbelt at speeds over 20 km/h. I assume this is true for
by pi-rat 7y ago
Seatbelt issue is probably going away.
My car will nag the hell out of me if anyone isn't wearing a seatbelt at speeds over 20 km/h. I assume this is true for most modern cars.
Part of the population who didn't grow up with seatbelts is aging. I remember my late grandmother hated the seatbelts, they didn't exist when she grew up. Often she would pretend to use the belt, holding it in place by hand so that it looked like she was wearing it. Stupid, and illogical, but that's how it is..
That only leaves the "cool" youths. Once "modern" naggy cars become old and cheap enough for them, they'll probably start too (or go out of their way to disable the sensor, or uncomfortably wear a seatbelt behind their back - turning a passive action into an active one.).
- koheripbal 7y agoIt will nag you even in the back?
- markus92 7y agoMine does (2017 Renault).
- pi-rat 7y agoYes, Hyundai Kona Electric 2019[1] [1]: https://www.hkona.com/seat_belt_warning_light-28.html https://www.hkona.com/seat_belt_warning_light-28.html
- cortesoft 7y agoShit, my Tesla will nag me after I am in park and EXITING the vehicle. Yeah, I don't have my seat belt on.. because I am getting out of the car!
- freehunter 7y agoMy car does that too. I have a narrow driveway so I find myself moving my cars around depending on which person in the house needs to go somewhere, and one of the cars will keep screaming even after it’s in park. You need to turn the engine off to make the seatbelt scream go away.
- seer 7y agoI don't really understand why anybody would _not_ use a seatbelt in general. Sadly I have seen a number of people use "alarm silencers" basically just an end cap to fool the automated system that the seatbelt has been engaged. They even have some cute designs with Micky mouse heads for example. Even people that have grown up with seatbelt alarms. The common explanations I've seen is that it "messes up my suite" or "feels uncomfortable".
- t0mas88 7y agoThe seatbelt nagging thing is basically mandatory for any car sold in the EU. Has been for quite some time already. The way some people get around it is by plugging a fake "belt end" thing into it so it thinks you're wearing a seatbelt. Quite stupid because that also enables the airbags which are quite dangerous if you're not wearing the seatbelt.
- nso 7y agoI've seen people connect the seat belt and then sit on top of it. Probably thinking it's their own business, whilst at the same time making themselves into meat projectiles that could strike other people in case of an accident.
- donatj 7y agoFor better or worse, seat belt alarm stoppers are cheap and readily available to habitual seat belt avoiders. I know at least one person who has such a thing. https://thetikit.com/ https://thetikit.com/ https://www.wish.com/product/57ea6315b8a56d0827d79f9d https://www.wish.com/product/57ea6315b8a56d0827d79f9d
- DogOnTheWeb 7y agoThe fact that these seat belt alarm stoppers have integrated bottle openers really seals the deal.
- pi-rat 7y agoI think I’m going to have to start selling different safety system bypassers, there’s obviously a market here.. Fire detectors covers/alarm silencers/extinguisher disablers.. Life boat/jackets deflators.. fake empty lightweight shell bike/motorcycle helmets.. reflector blackouts.. etc.. Kinda like buying Darwin Award lottery tickets..
- Zenbit_UX 7y agoThe motorcycle helmet one is already a thing, just lookup skullcap helmets and imagine their performance in a crash.
- stevehawk 7y agoIs that easily bypassed? I don't need my car nagging me because I put a large box in my back seat.
- Jaygles 7y agoI usually just engage the seatbelt and place the box on top or if the box has fragile/valuable stuff in it I will strap it down with the seatbelt
- user5994461 7y agoFor the cars I had, it was only on the driver seat. I think it's fair to assume there is always a person driving.
- stevehawk 7y agoI've got one car where the front passenger seat will set off an alarm but if I hit a button on a control stalk it'll ignore it. However, this car loses its mind if I start the vehicle with the driver door open or my seat belt off (pretty common when you want to get the heat or a/c going for a bit before you drive off) I've got another vehicle where it goes full chicken little if I don't button the seat belt first. Both of them make me nostalgic for a Mitsubishi I had where the "chime" was a specific speaker that was easily disconnected and not a full blown part of the stereo/canbus/ecu and blasting out of every speaker in the car.
- rightbyte 7y agoYou can put the passenger belt in the drivers slot, or, as I've seen delivery drivers do, put the belt behind your self and the chair ...