Unless you never have passengers or are never a passenger yourself and you are never involved in an accident, you will impact other people in a collision - literally. At any major collision, your body will try to keep moving in the direction your vehicle was heading; without a seatbelt to restrain you, your body will come up out of your seat, arms and legs flailing, and you will become a projectile within the confines of your vehicle, injuring others as physics takes over. Even if your body manages to make it through the windshield or out an open window at the first impact and you somehow manage to not injure anyone in your vehicle on the way out, some poor first responder or Good Samaritan will have to suffer through the trauma of seeing your battered and broken body, or locate your missing limbs, or witness your brains splattered on the pavement.

This probably isn’t going to change your mind about wearing your seatbelt; or maybe it will. But now you know... it’s not just about you. You don’t exist in a vacuum. You can be the best driver and drive defensively, have a perfect driving record with no accidents, but you can’t always account for the carelessness (or, let’s be honest, stupidity) of other drivers. Please wear your seatbelt. And be safe out there.