imagine being such a stubborn child that you walk home b/c you don't like seatbelts.

The majority of accidents happen within 10 miles of your home. One of my best friends died in a car accident 5 miles from her home and my other best friends dad went to prison for vehicular homicide when we were kids due to his friends not wearing their seatbelts. He did and was the only one that survived and it followed him for the rest of his life. I absolutely have the same rule in my car, though no one has ever argued with me about it. People can either play by my rules in my 10,000lb machine while I'm operating it, or they can find another ride.

Back in high school (over 20 years ago), a close friend of mine died in a car accident. He was a passenger and wasn't wearing a seatbelt. Car hit a bump going over a hill, lost control and hit a tree. My friend went through the windshield from the back seat. I miss him and still think about him. If you're a driver, you have a RESPONSIBILITY to everyone in that car to ensure their safety. Enforcing the seatbelt rule is an act of compassion. It's a healthy boundary. This is not a situation to be wishy-washy. Wear. The. Fucking. Seatbelt.

Dude seeing how many people respect the seatbelts thing is super uplifting, just KEEEP SAFE it aint hard

"AITA?” And they either did something extremely reasonable and normal or they committed the most horrendous and Godawful sin in the world

If "i refuse to wear my seatbelt" is the hill a friend chooses to die on then they are too stupid and stubborn to be my friend

First guy is 100% in the right. My car, my rule. Regardless of danger or no danger, the one time you don’t wear your seatbelt is the one time you get into accident or get pulled over. As a passenger in my car, I am responsible for your safety on the road, and if you won’t follow my rules in my car, I’m not giving you a ride. The guy probably could’ve just politely said, “Hey guys, put your seatbelts on please. Rule of my car, I can’t drive if my passengers aren’t belted in.” Maybe that would’ve helped, maybe not. And also, as a just someone riding in a car, always put your seatbelt on. It literally takes one second.

Correction Kris! It IS your problem if THEY don’t fasten their belts! Accidents lead to death. Driver can be charged with vehicular manslaughter (if driver is at fault of accident) 1:25

It doesn't take very high speeds to toss you out of the car. Also, the driver is likely liable in case of accident....definitely NOT the asshole for this one.

Paramedic here, I’ve seen drivers killed by back seat passengers in accidents. They crush the driver when they get thrown forward

No, I literally will not put the truck in drive unless ALL of my passengers have their seat belts on.

My whole viewpoint is "I refuse to be the reason you die regardless of how you feel"

2:46 if they have a horrible accident the guy would then have to feel guilty for the rest of his life for not making them put their seatbelts on. That alone is enough reason.

The guy paying rent to his parents started paying at 16 and said he had been paying it for four years. He has a successful small company and he's graduating college at 18. He clearly was maturing too fast for his parents to keep up with emotionally and they're clearly conflicted in how to treat him with pushing more adult responsibilities on him early while simultaneously thinking they have control over his autonomy after he's already a legal adult. I think it's more disrespectful for his parents to shame him for celebrating spring break with his peers before they all graduate. Adults have boundaries and other adults need to respect them. He'll have a lot more time to visit family, but he only has one more spring break left with his friends before they all go on to kickstart their own lives. I hope this makes sense to other people.

The fact they continuously mistook Sister in Law for Son in Law made my head hurt.

The driver can be pulled over and receive a fine for passengers not having a seatbelt on in certain states.

16:27 from my perspective, I can see where the kid is coming from. When your parents stop treating as their child and more like a roommate at an early age, you stop depending on them and stop feeling obligated to be part of family functions. He more than likely didn’t move out because the parents probably wanted him to stay there and help financially. And as for the spring break, I can see where he’s coming from when he’s had adult responsibilities since 16. I

not wanting to put on your seatbelt is just a bizarre hill to die on. youve got some issues if putting on a seatbelt is THAT taxing of a thing for you to do lmfao

I had two friends die from car crashes in 6 months of eachother. In the time my the boyfriend got into a car crash and was hospitalized with a punctured lung an broken ribs.
Two days before the funeral of the first friend, I got rear ended at a stop light. 10 seconds was what saved my life, 10 seconds where the break was released. The car rolled over 15 feet from how hard we were hit, which resulted in severe whiplash for both me and my mom. If our seatbelts weren't on i don't know how much worse it would have been. I still have horrible pain in my knees from it that interferes with my daily life.
If you're in a car with me you're buckling, i don't care if its only a minute drive.

I ain’t gonna live with witnessing my friend die in my car if I crash. Put your damn seatbelt on

15:00 He doesn’t have to talk to them if he feels like they’re draining his energy and that they won’t listen to him.