Do you put a seatbelt on when riding in a cab?

[SCP]

I'm up here cabbing it around Chicago this week and my cab almost got t-boned. Then I started thinking back, and I can't recall ever wearing a seat belt in a cab. I've been in thousands of cabs and even a few rikshaw's (here's to you San Diego) and I have never clicked a seat belt. Not even if I ride in the front. Yet I am a habitual seatbelt guy in my own vehicle.

Things that make you go hmmm.

[SCP]

Crickets? Well fug you then. Just trying to strike up some internet convo while sitting at the bar.

[KSpan]

Absolutely.

[TheRumGone]

I'm usually drunk when I'm in a cab, so no I don't care at that point.

[Cary Kollins]

I'm usually drunk when I'm in a cab, so no I don't care at that point.

I'm in this boat most of the time. Otherwise, I'll strap on the ole seat belt. Not worth the risk to not have it on otherwise.

[SCP]

It's almost as if I trust the drivers because they are "pro".

[Guest]

Do cabs even have seatbelts? Trying to remember, last time I was in one was NYC about 2 yrs ago...

[SCP]

Do cabs even have seatbelts? Trying to remember, last time I was in one was NYC about 2 yrs ago...

Good question. I've never checked.

[Guest]

Good question. I've never checked.

do the cabs in Chi-town have them?

[SCP]

do the cabs in Chi-town have them?

Not sure. Never thought to look.

[SCP]

I do know these damn beers are going down like water though. Need to pace myself. I have to get up at 5 to catch the train to O'Hare.

[PhillyB]

not even in foreign countries. that's about to change in six weeks though

[Mother Grabber]

I always wear a seatbelt. I'm not a fan of dying.

[cookinwithgas]

for some reason it just never seemed to be the right thing to do. Isn't that wierd?

In 2002 I went to France with my then father in law and we got a cab from the train station to the hotel. At a light, 2 guys on a scooter pulled up next to us and the guy on the back reached into the car and started what appeared to be punching the cab driver in the head. The light turned and the driver went after these guys, so we were in Paris for 15 minutes and involved in a crazy car/scooter chase down alleys and big streets, the driver screaming in French....they lost us and we finally figured out that the guy on the back of the scooter was trying to steal the drivers sunglasses. That was the one time I buckled my seat belt in a cab, as we were being thrown around the back of this little car.