2007 Seat Belt chime......I know I know

[LunarMist]

I'm more curious to know what some of guys are doing that your seatbelt chimes are coming on to such a point that you need to disable them. Everyone should be wearing a seatbelt when the car is in motion and if you are, there is no chime.

And in regards to disabling DRL, makes no sense. If you went through all the trouble of making Toyota adjust the sensativity of your lights to make them LESS sensative, then that would indicate you have a problem with them being on when its not really dark. So how hard would it be to just flip a switch and manually turn them on. As discussed before, DRLs do not hinder the life of your bulb. That little bit of current that your car draws to power your high-beams at a low intensity is almost nothing. My 02 Camry never had its DRLs replaced in four years.

[Old Dood]

Originally Posted by LunarMist

I'm more curious to know what some of guys are doing that your seatbelt chimes are coming on to such a point that you need to disable them. Everyone should be wearing a seatbelt when the car is in motion and if you are, there is no chime.

Allot of us need no reminder to wear a seatbelts. I always wear mine....except when I am moving cars around the driveway. I do not need that stoopid annoying chime.

[wireless]

Originally Posted by Old Dood

Allot of us need no reminder to wear a seatbelts. I always wear mine....except when I am moving cars around the driveway. I do not need that stoopid annoying chime.

My laptop case (or anything else for that matter) on the passenger seats causes the god awful chime. I want it GONE!!!!!

[jdhebert83]

I will second the defense of moving the car in the driveway. I always wear my seatbelt, and don't need to be reminded to buckle up.

[touringcamry]

Originally Posted by LunarMist

I'm more curious to know what some of guys are doing that your seatbelt chimes are coming on to such a point that you need to disable them. Everyone should be wearing a seatbelt when the car is in motion and if you are, there is no chime.

Because I don't want to fasten my backpack to the front seat with a seatbelt. However, I do use the seatbelt to secure seabags and such to the rear seat. Wouldn't want that thing flying around in a crash. That thing would kill me even if I lived.

Who are you to be telling people they should be wearing their seatbelts anyhow. If someone doesn't wear their seatbelt, they are choosing to risk their own lives - not yours. They chose to do something and if they die or become severely injured, that is the consequence of their choice which has nothing to do with you. As far as it being the law, I think that's just an excuse to pull you over to try to find other infractions. On military bases it's different though because when you're in the military, they basically own you for the duration of your enlistment.

[ekpolk]

Originally Posted by touringcamry

Who are you to be telling people they should be wearing their seatbelts anyhow. If someone doesn't wear their seatbelt, they are choosing to risk their own lives - not yours. They chose to do something and if they die or become severely injured, that is the consequence of their choice which has nothing to do with you. As far as it being the law, I think that's just an excuse to pull you over to try to find other infractions. On military bases it's different though because when you're in the military, they basically own you for the duration of your enlistment.

Well, I'm not real hot on the chimes myself, but he's a taxpayer, and probably a health insurance premium payer too, so I think he has a right to urge others to buckle up. In this day and age, the insurance most drivers carry is woefully inadequate to handle anything but the most minor injuries. After that, the "system" ends up providing whatever minimal care is needed so that the docs and hospitals are compliant with state and federal patient dumping laws, ethics rules, and so forth. When the minimally insured guy with the bad head injury shows up at the hospital, he gets treated (remember, we're a "nice" society), the hospital gets shorted, and then passes the bill along to the government and those who can pay via higher charges for everyone else. Wear your darned belt -- you don't need your face torn to pieces, and I don't want to foot the bill to put it back together.

It isn't different in the military, it's just easier to make and enforce rules in the services. If you're in, and you think we "own" you, you've got a very warped view of military service, and its place in our society. I'll be happy to debate that with you if you like. Having almost 28 years total service, and a pair of silver eagles on my collars, I think I'm qualified to speak to this...

[touringcamry]

Originally Posted by ekpolk

It isn't different in the military, it's just easier to make and enforce rules in the services. If you're in, and you think we "own" you, you've got a very warped view of military service, and its place in our society.

In 5 years I've been in, that's the way that I've always felt. Maybe that's why I'm getting out in 80 days. I really like my job...I just really don't like where I'm doing it.

[ekpolk]

Originally Posted by touringcamry

In 5 years I've been in, that's the way that I've always felt. Maybe that's why I'm getting out in 80 days. I really like my job...I just really don't like where I'm doing it.

No sweat. Hope things work out well for you. My military career has been split pretty evenly between straight up active duty, and service as a reservist, while holding down a civilian job too. While there's no question that you'll enjoy a greater degree of "off duty freedom" as a civilian, trust me, if you work for someone else's business (any size), you'll end up feeling "owned" by them. If you work for yourself, you're at the mercy of your customers, and they "own" you. Just the way the world seems to work. Best wishes whichever way you go -- and whatever you do -- please buckle up on your way!