Sep 20, 2005 10:39:36 PM
- Kevin Kennedy
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Sep 20, 2005 10:39:36 PM
Sep 21, 2005 7:54:40 AM
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Kevin Kennedy said:
I always wear the seatbelt while driving on the road. However we live in a community with a central mailbox and its really annoying to pick up the mail on the way home and have to put the belt back on just to drive it another block to our house. There must be a fuse to remove or a wire I can cut to kill the ding dong bell.
Sep 21, 2005 10:24:04 AM
Quote:I agree with Kevin. Here in Florida, it's illegal to drive without your seatbelt fastened, forward or reverse. At the same time, Florida eliminated the motorcycle helmet requirement. I'm sure seatbelts save lives and I use them all the time but I don't like the gov't telling me I have to wear them. When I drive from the tennis courts to my home, about 3/4 mile within a gated community, I'm dripping with sweat from head to toe and would prefer not to fasten the seatbelt but the bell is so annoying.
dreamcar said:Quote:
Kevin Kennedy said:
I always wear the seatbelt while driving on the road. However we live in a community with a central mailbox and its really annoying to pick up the mail on the way home and have to put the belt back on just to drive it another block to our house. There must be a fuse to remove or a wire I can cut to kill the ding dong bell.
I really don't understand this! What is so difficult or inconvenient about the five seconds it takes to ensure your safety by putting on a seatbelt? Here in the UK it is law to have your seatbelt on whilst driving at all times unless reverse manoeuvring. And it is one law I fully support, like another law banning the use of mobile phones without a proper hands free kit whilst driving.
Sep 21, 2005 10:34:52 AM
Sep 21, 2005 10:57:28 AM
Quote:Correct. Motor vehicle laws vary from state to state. Some states have helmet laws and some don't. Florida had one but dropped it. Until recently, school buses didn't have to have seat belts but people driving cars had to wear them. Great logic!
BC997J said:
Accidents happen at those moments that you never expect them to. Porsche is just ensuring the safety of there customers. I know it's annoying to always have your seatbelt on, but its better to be 100%safe and a little uncumfy than to end up in a wheelchair for the rest of your life, if not worse.
@LowPolarMovement: Is it really not illegal to not be wearing a helmet while on a motorcycle there??
Sep 21, 2005 1:02:30 PM
Sep 21, 2005 1:17:20 PM
Sep 21, 2005 4:41:28 PM
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Why don't they get rid of the speed limits while they're at it!
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hodipo said:
of course u are right with your remarks, but i think that it is the CLIENT/DRIVER who should have the choice what to do in his car .. non? i don't want porsche, you or anybody else to tell me what to do in my car, when i am not hurting or putting at danger anybody else, which is not the case if i do not buckle the belt .. so come on: it is a legal question to ask how u can kill the "ding ding" without receiving answers that try to give orders ..
sorry .. but this has to be said ..
Sep 21, 2005 8:07:42 PM
Quote:It's not often I have to pull my Encyclopedia of Motorcars down off the top shelf but "Adler" is one I've not heard of before. According to the book, they once made a 9.1 liter 4 cylinder car!
Ente said:
I'm thinking of my 90 yr old grandma, who is to this day wearing her seatbelt draped losely around her shoulder without fastening it, claiming she used to race her Adler up and down the newly built Autobahns and she doesn't need that flimsy strap.
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BC997J said:
Porsche is just ensuring the safety of there customers. I know it's annoying to always have your seatbelt on, but its better to be 100%safe and a little uncumfy than to end up in a wheelchair for the rest of your life, if not worse.
Sep 21, 2005 8:37:00 PM
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FixedWing said:
Actually, Porsche is complying with the laws, that's all. In Europe, the seatbelt chime will not continue endlessly as it does in North America. This can be quite nice when you have a race seat and 6-point belts.
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fritz said:
Actually, Stephen, current European P-cars also have the seat belt chime continuing endlessly if your speed is above a certain level.
This need not be a problem if you have a racing shell seat and a 6-point racing belt installed in addition to the street legal lap/diagonal belt.
You just have to pull the street belt around the back of the seat and stick its tongue into the clasp, and it stops the chime.
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FixedWing said:one more example of them loosing touch with their racing heritage. How ridiculous it is to have to run your seatbelt around behind the seat every time you go on the track.
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jabo said:
I make many short trips and the chime has been incredibly irritating.
I have looped the passenger belt shoulder strap behind the passenger seat and buckled it into the drivers side.
When driver's buckle is needed, I move that buckle over to the passenger side.
This alleviates the chime for short hops and does not look too goofy.