Seatbelts Quotes

Listen to these young people giving their opinions. Do you think the same things?

Tick the boxes beside the quotes that you agree with.


	"My friends won't let me get into the car unless I'm wearing a seatbelt."

	"I want a big furry one."

	"They are uncool but I wear them no matter what."

	"Well, they are good because in that advert it shows you what happens and that will happen."

	"Seatbelts make me feel sick. I just don't like the way they kind of strap across you."

	"My advice is that a seatbelt is one of the best things to use, it's a cool thing to use, basically."

	"You would be pretty uncool if you were in a crash with your head smashed and a neckbrace on."

	"If I'm in the back I don't bother with it so much because I get travel sick. On long journeys I either have it behind me or don't wear it at all. I'm not very safe."

	"If I didn't have my seatbelt on I wouldn't be here today."

	"They are cool. But some people see them as uncool."

	"They're uncool but they have got to be cool."

	"A lot of people will drag you down for wearing it."

Can you think of an occasion when you would either forget or decide not to put on your seatbelt?

Some seatbelts in the back seat are difficult to find, what do you do in that situation?

It is young people and elderly people who regularly don't belt up, do they have the same reasons?

An unpleasant high-pitched noise starts up in modern cars if someone doesn't put their seat belt on. Is this the future for all cars?

Car manufacturers design cars to speed at 155 miles an hour. The Government could decide to reduce road crashes seriously by introducing a device with a high-pitched squeal that sounded inside the car when it did more than 70 miles an hour. Would it be a vote winner?

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