Taxis drivers and not wearing seatbelts.

[athol]

Have had some interesting discussions recently on the subject of seatbelt
wearing and taxis...

Apparently NSW still exempt taxi drivers from wearing seatbelts. AFAIK,
every other state and territory has removed that exemption. (?)

So, an AU Falcon (with SRS airbags) gets used as a taxi. Ford are
adament that the wearing of the seatbelt is mandatory. The NSW state gov
say that the taxi drivers don't have to wear seatbelts. Which one do you
think takes precedence?

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The state of infrastructure in New South Wales is a disgrace.
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[jb]

> So, an AU Falcon (with SRS airbags) gets used as a taxi. Ford are
> adament that the wearing of the seatbelt is mandatory. The NSW state gov
> say that the taxi drivers don't have to wear seatbelts. Which one do you
> think takes precedence?

Natural selection will again take its place.
If the taxi driver refuses to wear a seatbelt, he's gonna end up halfway
through the windscreen before the airbag's deployed, which will throw him
back into his seat and cause major internal injuries.

If he lives, he'll wear a seatbelt next time. If he doesn't, one less idiot
on the road.

Morbid, sure, but cars are only designed to protect you if you use them as
the manufacturer intended. You use a car with sixteen airbags and multiple
seatbelt pretensioners, you are fairly protected in a frontal impact... Lose
the seatbelt, and the airbags are still going to deploy as if the tensioners
had locked you in the seat where you were safest. Explosives going off 3
inches or less from your chest are going to cause some damage.

-mark

[TheTaipan]

I guess the idea of not being able to breathe when a wanker wraps a seat
belt around your throat motivates most taxi drivers not to wear a belt...

"athol" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:1121565634.942395@idlweb...
> Have had some interesting discussions recently on the subject of seatbelt
> wearing and taxis...
>
> Apparently NSW still exempt taxi drivers from wearing seatbelts. AFAIK,
> every other state and territory has removed that exemption. (?)
>
> So, an AU Falcon (with SRS airbags) gets used as a taxi. Ford are
> adament that the wearing of the seatbelt is mandatory. The NSW state gov
> say that the taxi drivers don't have to wear seatbelts. Which one do you
> think takes precedence?
>
> --
> Athol
> <http://cust.idl.com.au/athol> Linux Registered User # 254000
> The state of infrastructure in New South Wales is a disgrace.
> I'm a Libran Engineer. I don't argue, I discuss.

[Patrick Young]

athol wrote:

> Have had some interesting discussions recently on the subject of seatbelt
> wearing and taxis...

Heh heh ... I was thinking you might mention that here and already know
my answer.

> So, an AU Falcon (with SRS airbags) gets used as a taxi. Ford are
> adament that the wearing of the seatbelt is mandatory. The NSW state gov
> say that the taxi drivers don't have to wear seatbelts. Which one do you
> think takes precedence?

.... and why?

[atec]

athol wrote:

> Have had some interesting discussions recently on the subject of seatbelt
> wearing and taxis...
>
> Apparently NSW still exempt taxi drivers from wearing seatbelts. AFAIK,
> every other state and territory has removed that exemption. (?)
>
> So, an AU Falcon (with SRS airbags) gets used as a taxi. Ford are
> adament that the wearing of the seatbelt is mandatory. The NSW state gov
> say that the taxi drivers don't have to wear seatbelts. Which one do you
> think takes precedence?
>
Having driven cabs for a while when last a full time student on nights I
an assure you running local I certainly wouldnt wear one , the chances
of getting stuck / hit / abused and unable to move to protect far
outweighs the one in a ,million risk of a prang ...
mind I normally used it when traveling at speed.... thing is a lot of
customers wont wear then damn things either..

[kevcat]

atec wrote:
>
> athol wrote:
>
> > Have had some interesting discussions recently on the subject of seatbelt
> > wearing and taxis...
> >
> > Apparently NSW still exempt taxi drivers from wearing seatbelts. AFAIK,
> > every other state and territory has removed that exemption. (?)
> >
> > So, an AU Falcon (with SRS airbags) gets used as a taxi. Ford are
> > adament that the wearing of the seatbelt is mandatory. The NSW state gov
> > say that the taxi drivers don't have to wear seatbelts. Which one do you
> > think takes precedence?
> >
> Having driven cabs for a while when last a full time student on nights I
> an assure you running local I certainly wouldnt wear one , the chances
> of getting stuck / hit / abused and unable to move to protect far
> outweighs the one in a ,million risk of a prang ...
> mind I normally used it when traveling at speed.... thing is a lot of
> customers wont wear then damn things either..


maybe the no seatbelt no engine start would fix it

Kev

[atec]

kevcat wrote:

>
> atec wrote:
>
>>athol wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Have had some interesting discussions recently on the subject of seatbelt
>>>wearing and taxis...
>>>
>>>Apparently NSW still exempt taxi drivers from wearing seatbelts. AFAIK,
>>>every other state and territory has removed that exemption. (?)
>>>
>>>So, an AU Falcon (with SRS airbags) gets used as a taxi. Ford are
>>>adament that the wearing of the seatbelt is mandatory. The NSW state gov
>>>say that the taxi drivers don't have to wear seatbelts. Which one do you
>>>think takes precedence?
>>>
>>
>>Having driven cabs for a while when last a full time student on nights I
>>an assure you running local I certainly wouldnt wear one , the chances
>>of getting stuck / hit / abused and unable to move to protect far
>>outweighs the one in a ,million risk of a prang ...
>> mind I normally used it when traveling at speed.... thing is a lot of
>>customers wont wear then damn things either..
>
>
>
> maybe the no seatbelt no engine start would fix it
>
> Kev
pointless , the Qld law says cabbies dont need to so it would be
bypassed... in the time I drove them two idiots tried to rob me at
knife point . I never lost a $

[Hotman Paris Hutapea]

On 17 Jul 2005 02:00:29 GMT, athol <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>
>So, an AU Falcon (with SRS airbags) gets used as a taxi. Ford are
>adament that the wearing of the seatbelt is mandatory. The NSW state gov
>say that the taxi drivers don't have to wear seatbelts. Which one do you
>think takes precedence?

physics.

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