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Something like this happened in my Skoda a while ago. Driving along on the Autobahn when a really minor irregularity in the road caused the bag I had placed on

Something like this happened in my Skoda a while ago. Driving along on the Autobahn when a really minor irregularity in the road caused the bag I had placed on the passenger seat to be pushed into the seat very gently, triggering the passenger-side seat belt alarm. I had to take the next exit and park somewhere to get it to shut up. Unrelated but also relevant to the story: My father's new car (a brand-new Nissan) starts yelling at you to put the seat belt on the second you start the car. It's really annoying because the rest of the car systems take their precious time to start up, so I like to start the car first so the stupid computers start booting and THEN put my seat belt on. But that means being bullied by a loud alarm every time someone uses that car. Why oh why? My Audi only starts the alarm once you actually start driving, and even then only if you go faster than 10km/h or something.

londons_explore 3y ago
> . I had to take the next exit and park somewhere to get it to shut up This is the safe thing to do. A bag heavy enough to set off the sensors (usually 10kg) is gonna kill someone if not belted in in an accident. It is not uncommon for bags to go through the front windscreen and kill someone in the car that crashes into you.
- Aeolun 3y ago
  > It is not uncommon for bags to go through the front windscreen and kill someone in the car that crashes into you. With respect. It's uncommon to crash. It's rare to have a 10kg bag in your car. It's vanishingly unlikely to have a 10kg bag in a position where it can fly through the front windshield and hit, and kill, someone in the car that crashes into you. Of course there's enough kilometers driven that it happens, but that doesn't make it anywhere close to 'not uncommon'.
- avhception 3y ago
  In this case, it was a light shoulder bag containing only a laptop. Considering it's height, it should have bashed into the glove box area on impact. Stripping it down might indeed be more secure, but how do you properly strip that down with only the seat belt?
JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B 3y ago
> starts yelling at you to put the seat belt on the second you start the car Unrelated too but in France you must put your seatbelts before starting the car. It’s the law.
- pflenker 3y ago
  There are exceptions, also in France. I think the most relevant one here is for medical reasons or body shape. So if you have a passenger who is exempt from the rule you have to live with your car yelling at you.
  - Log_out_ 3y ago
    You ca de activate I though in car settings? Or by bridging the speaker with a resistor.
mailund 3y ago
on the flipside, one of my first times when learning to ride a car, I was so focused on adjusting the mirror and seat that I forgot to put on my seatbelt. I was able to get out of the parking lot and get onto a pretty busy road with semi-high speed before the alarm went off! the alarm mostly stressed me out more than realizing I was not wearing a seatbelt, which only made it harder to find a suitable exit so I could stop the car and put the belt on! I think this is mostly an edge case though, because I probably held a much lower speed than expected in the parking lot due to being very inexperienced behind the wheel.
lukan 3y ago
"and even then only if you go faster than 10km/h or something." No idea about other countries, but in germany you are allowed to not wear the seatbelt while driving "walking speed". So that makes some sense.

londons_explore 3y ago

> . I had to take the next exit and park somewhere to get it to shut up This is the safe thing to do. A bag heavy enough to set off the sensors (usually 10kg) is gonna kill someone if not belted in in an accident. It is not uncommon for bags to go through the front windscreen and kill someone in the car that crashes into you.

Aeolun 3y ago
> It is not uncommon for bags to go through the front windscreen and kill someone in the car that crashes into you. With respect. It's uncommon to crash. It's rare to have a 10kg bag in your car. It's vanishingly unlikely to have a 10kg bag in a position where it can fly through the front windshield and hit, and kill, someone in the car that crashes into you. Of course there's enough kilometers driven that it happens, but that doesn't make it anywhere close to 'not uncommon'.
avhception 3y ago
In this case, it was a light shoulder bag containing only a laptop. Considering it's height, it should have bashed into the glove box area on impact. Stripping it down might indeed be more secure, but how do you properly strip that down with only the seat belt?

JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B 3y ago

> starts yelling at you to put the seat belt on the second you start the car Unrelated too but in France you must put your seatbelts before starting the car. It’s the law.

pflenker 3y ago
There are exceptions, also in France. I think the most relevant one here is for medical reasons or body shape. So if you have a passenger who is exempt from the rule you have to live with your car yelling at you.
- Log_out_ 3y ago
  You ca de activate I though in car settings? Or by bridging the speaker with a resistor.

mailund 3y ago

on the flipside, one of my first times when learning to ride a car, I was so focused on adjusting the mirror and seat that I forgot to put on my seatbelt. I was able to get out of the parking lot and get onto a pretty busy road with semi-high speed before the alarm went off! the alarm mostly stressed me out more than realizing I was not wearing a seatbelt, which only made it harder to find a suitable exit so I could stop the car and put the belt on! I think this is mostly an edge case though, because I probably held a much lower speed than expected in the parking lot due to being very inexperienced behind the wheel.

lukan 3y ago

"and even then only if you go faster than 10km/h or something." No idea about other countries, but in germany you are allowed to not wear the seatbelt while driving "walking speed". So that makes some sense.