Definitions
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- adjective Not wearing a
seatbelt .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I have no trouble with these public-health measures and not just because (1) an unseatbelted cousin was killed when he was thrown from the back seat of a car that hit a tree and (2) my mother died because the cancer that she got from smoking had crossed over from a lung that had been removed into her other lung.
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I have no trouble with these public-health measures and not just because (1) an unseatbelted cousin was killed when he was thrown from the back seat of a car that hit a tree and (2) my mother died because the cancer that she got from smoking had crossed over from a lung that had been removed into her other lung.troll_dc2(Quote)
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People would continue to die unnecessarily of cigarette smoking or in unseatbelted automobile accidents.
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People would continue to die unnecessarily of cigarette smoking or in unseatbelted automobile accidents.
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People would continue to die unnecessarily of cigarette smoking or in unseatbelted automobile accidents.
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People may feel safer in limos and taxis, driven by professional drivers, than in ordinary cars -- and thus neglect to buckle up -- but a crash in one can be just as deadly (witness the death of unseatbelted Princess Diana).
Jeff Stier: Foolish Celebrity Statement of the Day, from Matt Lauer
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Anecdotes like those posted by Jeep33 do a disservice to those follow the advice and in fact expose the unseatbelted to far greater risk of death and serious injury in even a minor accident.
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We were driven around in what felt like a giant, bumpy circle for probably half an hour - zip-tied, unseatbelted and toppling into each other at every turn or stop.
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