I disabled mine the same day I got it. Man, it was so annoying. Probably because I rarely wear my seatbelt.

 

Ok I must have a special car or something, because I do not have a warning beep/chim. I tested it this morning

The salesman said that they had taken my car to a couple car shows before I bought it. Is it possible that they have disabled it?
If so Can it be inabled again?

I want my car to function as it should have from the factory.

 

This is from the manual.

 

 

I want to disable mine in my other vehicle because if I I put my work bag and lunch in the seat and the car thinks someone is sitting there!! It is really annoying so I end up putting them on the floor.

 

That must be one heavy workbag and lunch

 

Yes you can dis/enable it. They probably turned it off it they had a few peeps looking at it with the engine running, It would drive you nuts after a few minutes.

I am a huge proponent of using seat belts, but sometimes you're 'hangin' in the car with the engine on, 'touching up' after going through a car wash, driving through a short neighborhood or around the parking lot at work, etc. Beltminder can cause permanent mental disorders if you are in a car for 5 minutes with it going off. :shock:

 

the alarm is made to annoy u into submisson until u put it on...works with my g/f everytime haha

 

Its the 12 pack that does it

 

Werd

 

I am glad for the warning beep when belt is not on....... wearing a belt is something I wouldn't think of not doing, and for that rare occasion that I might forget, I'm glad the car is looking out for me

 

I totally agree. Seatbelts do save lives, I'd rather be annoyed than having the guilt of my friend being injured in an accident, where he forgot to put on his seat belt and I turned off the sensor so he couldn't be reminded. Almost every time my friends ride in my car the sensor goes off because they don't wear their seatbelts. Now they know what the sensor means and I don't have to tell them to put it on anymore.
Like the words of Kanye West in "Through the Wire":
"Thank God I ain't too cool for the safe belt"

 

I don't ride with people that make me wear my seatlbelt. I understand the whole legal aspect, and I will be happy to pay the fine if one is incurred because I do not wear my belt. Otherwise, I will drive myself, and that person will never find themselves in my car. Where does anyone get off telling me what I should do for my own personal safety, including the government. Telling me I can't do drugs is one thing. It is a subculture that breeds violence and crime. Telling me I have to wear a seatbelt is a totally different animal. It harms NO ONE but me if I die in an auto accident. I just get tired of people or entities that tell me what is in my best interests. I am an educated adult, and if I want to take a risk, I should be allowed to. Seat belt laws are nothing more than revenue generators created by states to make money off of drivers. If they cared about safety that much, all states would have laws requiring those riding motorcycles to wear helmets. They don't because there isn't enough money to be made off of bike riders. It would be nice if the government, other people, and now the car companies didn't impose their belief of what is best for me upon me. I know the statistics. I don't like wearing seatbelts. It's a personal choice, and it should be such.

 

Perhaps you are being a bit short sighted. Now that the government is in the insurance industry, it is in their best interest not to have to pay large medical bills of people like you who don't wear their seatbelt.

You're on the right track, it *is* all about money, but I think it runs deeper than seatbelt fines.

If not for your own safety, wear your seat to help keep MY insurance costs down, you selfish jerk...

 

That's a bit harsh. I'm sure that Tim'd tell the hospital to keep their stinkin' bandages/metal plates/plasma/bed-space, etc, in the event of him launching through his windscreen. You think he hasn't thought this through? :nono:

"Bandages? We don't need no stinkin' bandages!"

 

could you explain the motorcycle no helmet law then? :scratch:

 

Simple, there are tons less motorcycles on the road than cars...

Also, motorcycle accidents have a much higher fatality rate (cheaper than floating hospital bills)...:notnice:

 

I was joking (kinda). The irony is that I called him a selfish jerk while at the same time, I'm being selfish for wanting lower insurance rates...

Hehe, I know this all sounds conspiracy theory-ish, but I'm convinced that insurance companies are souless money making machines, and they actually think about these things I'm saying when they are determine rates...:notnice:

 

I love it when people figure out arguments as to why not to wear a seatbelt. Everyone I know that has gotten in a serious accident not wearing one(and lived) changed their tune. Its not just for the protection of a hit to the front of the car either, you can get hit on the quarter panel while moving or bounce through a ditch and end up in the passenger seat realizing you're still going 50mph. At least on a motorcycle if you're wearing full leathers and a helmet you have a chance to survive being ejected. If you get displaced from the safety 'cell' area (i.e. buckled in a seat) you can get shreaded easilly.

If you want to gamble flying around uncontrolled in a car, just imagine taking a few very sharp pieces of metal, put them and your arm in a vice, and tightening it until you burst out of your skin as an example of one fun types of injury you can get. Just like the idiots on bikes that do not wear full gear. You would actually go out and go over 100mph when you wouldn't dare run into a parking lot with what you are wearing and dive knees and elbows out first. The vast majority of fatal motorcycle accidents stem from the rider doing something stupid on the bike, and not wearing proper gear probably tops the list of things.

Bikes do not have seat belts, but when I go out I have a helmet, moto jacket with shoulder, elbow, and back armor, pants with knee, hip and chin armor, boots and gloves that are armored with preventive hyperextention devices built in(so my toes dont end up folded into my shin after my achilies tendon snaps or my thumb 180 degrees back). I would probably much rather choose a motorcyle accident over an auto one without a belt.

If you end up crushed between the windshield header and the dashboard with one leg folded up out the passenger window upside down in a ditch noone saw you go into I am sure you would be contemplating the seat belt decision again.

 

Something to keep in mind: Driving is a privelige and not a right, and under more unfortunate circumstances, I think you would change your view on this...... if you have a 2nd chance to do so.