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There is a culture of not wearing the seat belt as a sign of trust. When I was in Egypt, I'd get in the cab, wear my seat belt and the driver will look at me w
by fffrad 11y ago
There is a culture of not wearing the seat belt as a sign of trust.
When I was in Egypt, I'd get in the cab, wear my seat belt and the driver will look at me weird. "So you don't think I can drive?"
A few years later, the police started enforcing the law and most cabs didn't even have seat belts. You would get in and find a sort of belt that doesn't even tighten, hacked together only to circumvent the law.
Not to say that in the US it is any better. If you wear a seat belt while in the back seat, you are considered weird. It is a stigma that is not easy to get rid of especially for the younger generation.
Side note: I do get some dude yelling in English too. So yes, it is irrelevant.
- jaredsohn 11y ago>If you wear a seat belt while in the back seat, you are considered weird. Citation? I am sure this is true for some people, but this does not match my own experience or what I can find when searching the web.
- MichaelApproved 11y agoCitation? The comment is the citation. OP is giving you personal experience.
- jaredsohn 11y agoWhile I view the Egypt portion of the comment as a personal experience, the US portion seems to be making claims that are more general.
- onion2k 11y agoIf you wear a seat belt while in the back seat, you are considered weird. By definition doing anything outside of "normal" is weird, but in the case of social conventions it's usually because people just haven't thought about it enough. I'd rather be considered weird than be in a crash without a seatbelt on.
- jmedwards 11y ago"It isn't you I don't trust - it's all the other drivers out there!"