Seatbelts
Posted on November 5, 2007
Filed Under GENERAL
I’ve teaching a course on basic DOT regulations to a large construction company over this past month. There’s a number of good things we cover in the course, although one thing I see, particularly in the smaller type commercial vehicles is lack of seatbelt use. These guys will pull into the hotel parking lot, in their big construction truck crew cabs, get out, and…… no seatbelt is worn. Seatbelt use is mandatory no matter what state you are in, because you are driving a commercial vehicle. Even if it’s only a 3/4 ton pickup truck pulling a trailer. Remember, the rules apply at 10,001 lbs. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, and up. If you’re pulling a trailer, that’s the truck GVWR, plus the trailer GVWR, and it’s almost certainly over 10,001 lbs.
One thing the Old Man used to tell me (and I don’t know if this is true or not, or just BS old people use to get their kids to do something), that if you are in an accident, and you don’t have your seatbelt on, the insurance company will try to weasel out of paying the claim. Again, I don’t know if that’s true or not, but it seems like something an insurance company would do.
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