UK "Wear Your Seatbelt" Ad - Must See

[theGinsue]

I got this in an eMail and felt it was moving and powerful enough to want to share it with all of you.

I pray that none of you have lost anyone to an auto accident, but as any first responder can tell you, accidents where a vehicle occupant failed to wear a seatbelt can be among the most horrific things you may ever see.

Please, watch the video and ALWAYS buckle up; ALWAYS!

This is the new "wear your seatbelt" ad the UK is doing - started by some dude not hired to do it, but because the cause is important to him, he came up with this idea, and now it's being hailed across the world as a 'beautiful' commercial.

And now the video has become so popular with the general public that people are forwarding it to friends/family on their own so quickly that it has spread all over the world in a very short time.

GO TO:----> http://embracethis.co.uk/

[OgenRwot]

That was actually really good.
I lost a friend because he wasn't wearing a seat belt. Buckle up guys, it's not that inconvenient.

[Marlin]

Oh I don't mind putting on a seatbelt. I just don't like it being a state mandate.

[theGinsue]

Oh I don't mind putting on a seatbelt. I just don't like it being a state mandate.

I'm with you 100%. I was in an accident when I was 17yo. - Dad was driving on a gravel road @ 20mph. Telephone company guy came around a turn in the road on our side of the road and ran right into us. I wasn't wearing a seatbelt and shattered the windshield with my forehead (yeah, yeah! I've heard all of THOSE comments before). Since then I ALWAYS wear a seatbelt.

Now, while I want all of my family and friends to buckle up - and NO ONE will ride in one of my vehicles without buckling up, I think it should only be legally mandated for children up to 18yo. After that, let the chlorine hit the gene pool.

[TS12000]

I was in a rollover crash up in WY not wearing a seatbelt. Luckily I walked away without a scratch but it sure opened my eyes up quick, now I always wear one.

[BigBear]

Oh, oh me, me!!!!

Have I told my seatbelt experience on here yet?

Short version:

No seatbelt. Driver blacks out (unknown med condition). Overcorrect steering, flip/tumble off 14 foot bridge. I get ejected (through the roof of a 2 ton truck). I break EVERYTHING (aka, lucky to be alive). 1 1/2 year in hospital, 6 months in ICU, rest in rehab/etc. Had to learn to walk/talk/function again. Knees are torn to crap, overweight now, back is fused, etc. But I can still run n jump n gun! Yay! Driver was wearing seatbelt... all he had was 13 staples in his head.

Bottom line: Don't be a fool, use that tool and buckle up! HAHA.

[Hoosier]

Oh I don't mind putting on a seatbelt. I just don't like it being a state mandate.

Oh, it should totally be against the law, but instead of a fine, they should just ask you, "Would you please fill out your organ donor card, so that someone else can benefit from your stupidity?"

H.

[Marlin]

Oh, it should totally be against the law, but instead of a fine, they should just ask you, "Would you please fill out your organ donor card, so that someone else can benefit from your stupidity?"

H.

I like it...

[mitch]

Oblig anti-statement:

Cousin (a 6'4" blonde, no less) was in a mid-80's Suburban and got T-boned in the driver door. Paramedics and cops both expected to be scraping a pile of goo off the inside of the door and grill of the gravel truck.

She wasn't wearing her seat belt, so she only had a bruised left side (hip and shoulder mostly) and some cuts on the right side where she broke the passenger window out.

In this case, a seat belt would have meant "cut her into 3 large parts for easy removal".

[robsterclaw]

I always wear mine. No injuries like bigbear, but when I was 17 i was racing my friend, hit gravel on 85/87 and ended up in a ditch by the railroad tracks. I was in the backseat though. That taught me how stupid I was. Also the fact I was driving a 78 gremlin and he was driving a 70 challenger made me stupid too.