http://mattwiebe.com/2008/01/apocalyptic-seatbelts/ Matt Wiebe's blog about faith and life. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:52:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://mattwiebe.com/2008/01/apocalyptic-seatbelts/#comment-7014 Mom Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:19:25 +0000 http://mattwiebe.com/2008/01/apocalyptic-seatbelts/#comment-7014 Well, Matt! You've just perfectly described my car and how I dealt with the horrid seatbelt for the first year or so. Was there a hidden camera? I even went so far as to time and count the wretched thing: every 25 seconds, the seatbelt reminder would nag me 6 times, for 11 times or about 5 minutes. Then, merciful silence. However, buckling it up behind you eliminates all of that, I found. And leaving it there eliminates being nagged at by some stupid computer chip thinking it's making me safe. It just makes me angry and distracts me from driving well. I really hate government believing it has the right to nag me into being their definition of safe. I like to believe I'm old enough to take responsibility for my actions or lack thereof. Sigh!!! What a world we live in! Could we maybe focus on something a tad more important than seatbelts? The answer to that would be "no," as this cash cow never dries up for the bureaucrats. Double sigh. Well, Matt! You’ve just perfectly described my car and how I dealt with the horrid seatbelt for the first year or so. Was there a hidden camera? I even went so far as to time and count the wretched thing: every 25 seconds, the seatbelt reminder would nag me 6 times, for 11 times or about 5 minutes. Then, merciful silence. However, buckling it up behind you eliminates all of that, I found. And leaving it there eliminates being nagged at by some stupid computer chip thinking it’s making me safe. It just makes me angry and distracts me from driving well. I really hate government believing it has the right to nag me into being their definition of safe. I like to believe I’m old enough to take responsibility for my actions or lack thereof. Sigh!!! What a world we live in! Could we maybe focus on something a tad more important than seatbelts? The answer to that would be “no,” as this cash cow never dries up for the bureaucrats. Double sigh.

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