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I'm not so sure. For rollover crashes with no ROPS and no top at all the statistics may support no seatbelts. Consider - john deere tractors recommends seatbelts at all times *unless the rops is folded down* in which case the recommended practice is no seat belt. I'm wearing my seatbelt in...

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The thing is, seat belts being safer or not is not a matter of opinion. It can be measured and a definitive answer arrived at. First, you need a large sample size of crashes. Then you need to know what percentage of your total sample of drivers wear seatbelts. This provides your baseline...

Why then, did the military require seat belt use by the driver and co-driver? Surely the military had as good of data as we do. And surely the military has the same goal - preservation of life and function of the driver and co-driver. Given the same data and goals, the same conclusions should...

Most people who don't want to wear a seat belt are motivated by resentment that use is mandatory. They then justify not wearing one by saying its safer not to have one. It isn't. The odds of being randomly flung clear without a seatbelt are far less than the odds of being ejected and squished...