Is the wearing of car seatbelts compulsory in Argentina?

Why not?

Quote from UK Man

According to my missus it's compulsory. However I've never seen one person here use one. We don't.

I think it probably is, but like most things in Argieland, most people don't take any notice of it and it is very rarely enforced by the pohlice.

In fact, I would say that in-car safety is thrown to the wind with parents carrying kids loose in the front seat etc etc

The new cameras installed in Capital are supposed to check also if you are wearing a seatbelt. We always wear it and remind each other to wear it as sometimes when jumping on the car we forget. When wearing seat belts became compulsory in Italy, there was a lot of resistance. Just like when they forbade smoking in enclosed public spaces and on transportation, or when they made compulsory to wear a helmet when on a motorbike.

However, just like those examples, it is very hard to make an argument for NOT doing those, besides laziness and being okay with dying for something preventable.

When I sit in my car and drive off. I get a seatbelt reminder as soon as I hit 20kms per hour.

For those who don't wear seatbelts just remember that if you have a shunt at 80kms per hour and you are not wearing a seatbelt, your body will continue to travel at 80 kph. So you will almost certainly go through the windscreen.

Quote from UK Man

Good question....we used to always wear them in the UK. However here we just got into the habit of not wearing them. Main reason being we don't go very far in town so it's a bit of a nuisance having to buckle/unbuckle every few minutes. Plus we cant go anywhere that fast anyway.

I hope this might make you rethink whether seatbelts are worth the bother for short distances, UK Man .

Dolphin Technologies has done a large study with stunning conclusions: 52% of all accidents happen within 5 miles of home. And 69% of all accidents happen within 10 miles of home.

Quote from Splinter

I think it probably is, but like most things in Argieland, most people don't take any notice of it and it is very rarely enforced by the pohlice.

In fact, I would say that in-car safety is thrown to the wind with parents carrying kids loose in the front seat etc etc

Back in Dear Old Blighty, a penalty charge notice or a prosecution for speeding would be sent in the mail to the registered owner's address but over here it seems most infractions are noted as a charge against the government's vehicle account and have to be paid off before the vehicle may be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of. There are people who clone number plates safe in the knowledge that their speeding and red light jumping won't be noticed until the other person tries to sell the original vehicle (DAMHIKT) . My question is: if anybody had been clocked for a seatbelt offence, would they even know about it if they didn't check the vehicle account?

Normally the cars from 2010 onwards have a device that remember you that the belt is not fastened.

My car, Chevrolet Prisma 2016, makes a very strong alarm that you cannot bear, therefore it is better to fasten the belts.

I do not believe that most drivers do not fasten their belts. Probably the persons that stays in the back do not do that,

I never had a fine for not using the belts.

Not wearing a seat belt has a huge cost on public healthcare since injuries are far worse and hence the cures provided are more expensive. You can make an argument that it is a personal choice that shouldn't be mandatory only if you plan to die immediately in the accident and are sure to not involve someone else as a result.

Any self-care is also an act of love and responsibility toward our family and dear ones. This is a general rule, that doesn't apply only to road safety.

Quote from bebopalula

Back in Dear Old Blighty, a penalty charge notice or a prosecution for speeding would be sent in the mail to the registered owner's address but over here it seems most infractions are noted as a charge against the government's vehicle account and have to be paid off before the vehicle may be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of. There are people who clone number plates safe in the knowledge that their speeding and red light jumping won't be noticed until the other person tries to sell the original vehicle (DAMHIKT) . My question is: if anybody had been clocked for a seatbelt offence, would they even know about it if they didn't check the vehicle account?

Of all the accidents I've ever had, including motorcycle incidents, most of them have been within a few miles of home.

As for seatbelts and crash helmets? I would feel naked without either and now it's an automatic procedure.

Even more so with a helmet (lid).

With all the people texting, speeding, gabbing, and running red lights, I’d think wearing seatbelts would be an even more important component of driving defensively, UK Man .

Once front seat seatbelts became compulsory (what, 25 years ago?), car manufacturers installed the insistent reminder alarm to, as Carlos said, make it more pleasant to fasten the seatbelts than to put up with the noise. My brother’s car even has an alarm if people sitting in the back seats don’t buckle up.

We’ll… and then there was the undeniable scratching off seen in the police video….

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