How seriously do you take safety for your passengers? I am guessing that many of you take a very relaxed attitude to it but perhaps I'm wrong!

In general, I'd say I take it a little more seriously than most. A few years back, I was training to be a pilot (only a private pilot mind) and it really does get you to think a lot about safety. Sure, a lot of it is common sense to most people, but not for everyone. I usually give the following instructions depending on who I'm with, but I sometimes feel like a tit at the same time!

- In the unlikely event D) of a rollover, keep your hands in your lap. Do not physically try to secure yourself using your arms
- Keep your seatbelt fastened at all times
- Keep heavy or large objects in the boot or under the seat
- Don't distract the driver during difficult manoeuvres
- Don't exit the vehicle unless instructed
- No smoking
- No eating
- No whining
- No complaining

Of course, some of those are just house rules and I don't say it in such a formal manner!

So, is there anything in particular that you guys do before venturing off-road or along green lanes with passengers?

It would be cool if 4x4's had safety announcements like that featured on passenger airliners. (With related info ofc and maybe some jokes too!)
If you have LCD screens, it could be in the form of a video with a pretty woman talking. Like this: [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgpzUo_kbFY"]YouTube- Delta's In-flight Safety Video[/nomedia]

Or maybe this: [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN78LLRZnzM"]YouTube- Safety Procedures[/nomedia] lolol

Hmm..I think you have a slightly different approach than my 'get in , sit down, shut-up' attitude..

I have installed side impact bars in my passenger door.....

also mine too...

my passengers travel at own risk,get em ta sign a disclamer i do need.....


...besides that the only passenger worth pickin up is allready spoken for...

I take it very seriously. Rarely go around the bush with less than 3 large bore rifles, 3 AK47s, and 500 rounds of ammunition.

And the visiting passengers do sign a disclaimer.

But then, life is not boring around here...

Kano said:

I take it very seriously. Rarely go around the bush with less than 3 large bore rifles, 3 AK47s, and 500 rounds of ammunition.

And the visiting passengers do sign a disclaimer.

But then, life is not boring around here...

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nice...

Kano said:

500 rounds of ammunition.

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Jesus, you expecting a war?

J.P.S said:

Jesus, you expecting a war?

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That's probably just a quiet Sunday drive

I don't do off roading but when i had my race car i used to do some track days and take friends/helpers out for a lap or 2 as a thanks for helping during the season. Saftey always first strapped in a fibre glass bucket seat with a 6 point harness and crash helmet, my instructions were crossed arms dont scream down the intercom but talk if you want to if you want out put your arm out in front of you NOT in front of me.
Enjoy.

I always make them wear a seat belt. If I think we might roll I ask them if they want to leave, if its my misses or the boy its a getn out !

Jesus h christ.... get a life.... if your going to do something unbelievably dangerous... you know... parachuting... bungie jumping... go for it... your driving a land rover up a green lane... live a little on the wild side.... some of us remember when there wern't any seat belts... and god forbid most of us are still here !!!! I'll confess all... I was a cop for 30 years... a real one... I worked the streets 24/7 for over 25 years, in all that time I went to 1 ( yes 1 ) road traffic accident with a land rover... it was a discovery... the driver was ****ed... he killed the lady driving in the opposite direction, combimed impact speed approx 70 mph, the discovery almost went through her car before sumasaulting onto its roof... never the less (unfortunately ) HE survived. Your driving a tough motor ... enjoy it... ( sober ).

I concur with Piggy wiggy.

Boltonphil said:

Jesus h christ.... get a life.... if your going to do something unbelievably dangerous... you know... parachuting... bungie jumping... go for it... your driving a land rover up a green lane... live a little on the wild side.... some of us remember when there wern't any seat belts... and god forbid most of us are still here !!!! I'll confess all... I was a cop for 30 years... a real one... I worked the streets 24/7 for over 25 years, in all that time I went to 1 ( yes 1 ) road traffic accident with a land rover... it was a discovery... the driver was ****ed... he killed the lady driving in the opposite direction, combimed impact speed approx 70 mph, the discovery almost went through her car before sumasaulting onto its roof... never the less (unfortunately ) HE survived. Your driving a tough motor ... enjoy it... ( sober ).

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I wouldn't describe my Freelander as being tough, but thanks. And you say "get a life", but if you've done any of those activities you listed, i.e. parachuting or bungee jumping, you would probably find that organisers take safety far more seriously than what many of us do in our 4x4's. Whether or not those activities are any more dangerous, would depend on the safety precautions taken! So there's no point trying to evaluate it in a general sense here.

Also, your story does nothing other than emphasise the importance of driving and using equipment safely and with respect for other people. That's all I am trying to do here, so don't tell me to get a life. Just because I have respect for safety, it doesn't mean to say I'm a pussy. (yes, even though I drive a gaylander...)

Rich

"How seriously do you take safety for your passengers? I am guessing that many of you take a very relaxed attitude to it but perhaps I'm wrong! In general, I'd say I take it a little more seriously than most."

Pretentious arse! How dare you make assumptions like that!

I try not to crash, but if I do, they get to play with my airbags... so fair do's

He drives a freelander What do you expect MHM?

He will wrap his kids in cotton wool, strap his missus to the back seat and tell his family and the rest of the world its because things may go wrong and he is protecting them.

Then one day when poor little Johnny cuts his finger while using saftey scissors and saftey paper indoors because its muddy outside and he may contract a Deadly Diesease from Dirt. Dad will rush him to A&E waisting my Tax money because he cant cope with using TCP, afterall the school can't use it it must be bad! Then after the nurse has spend valuable time with poor little johnny with a plaster and TCP they will continue home in a cotton wool covered freelander.

But all is not lost. We can all feel happy because we all live in some nanny state where 90% of kids have grown up weak with no common sense let alone have a working immune system. People will be sued and people will get hurt but Poor little Johnny will have a nice surprise and a comfy ride home on the back of a big truck when the Freelander and all saftey gear breaks down and gets picked up to be taken home.

FYI
In my vehicle:

All under 18's wear seat belts,
All females wear seat belts,
All gear is stashed away when offroading.
Anyone else gets in at their own risk.

I don't do silly stuff when any passengers are onboard anywhere, play day or road if it means I will get stuck so be it. I don't feel threatened by getting stuck because of this. I will not get upset or cry or feel I need to prove the size of cock to everyone by not getting stuck. Like some quite obviously inadaquate people seem to do every time at these places. I drive safely with my passengers! I'm quite thrilled that when we are out I am quite often trusted to carry people and their kids because of my driving style manor or respect. So you starting this thread in an obvious "How seriously do you take your passenger saftey?" not all that much I suspect, I do and its better than everyone else lark. Do you fel inadaquate?

The answer is simple:
How seriously do you take passenger saftey? Answer Very Seriously thank you very much.

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How seriously do you take safety for your passengers? I am guessing that many of you take a very relaxed attitude to it but perhaps I'm wrong!

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obviously none of us take it as seriously as you take yourself lol
I prefer to try and drive safely rather than bore my passengers with a list of rules, and lets face it, if an accident happens, it's usually over before you can think about getting into the crash position and putting a condom on !!!

if you tell everyone they can't exit vehicle until told , what happens of you;re the one who gets knocked unconcious has everyone got to sit there waiting for you to come round and give the word before they can free themselves and call emergency services

I don't give a fook about my passengers If they're stoopid enuff to get in a vehicle I'm drivng they deserve to die!!

I rarely take passengers who either don't know me and how I drive, or who I don't know. If they're youngsters, frequently as my kids were growing up, they are told to sit still, strap up, shut up and hang on!

That's it, adults at their own risk ...

Mind, when offroading I never drive to where I think it might roll, I can't afford it. I have got close many times, but have a good feel for it .. famous last words ..

Onroad, same thing really ..

hear hear :5bcheers2::5bcheers2:

I have been in a few crashes incidents involving a vehicle albeit as a passenger in every case. I can tell you how you react is totally unique to each and every situation. I have been put in a ditch by the other half and I was laughing dispite it being quite a nasty crash with ah tree a couple of inches from my head that totally wrote off the car. (Impressed how well a Metro got out the ditch and off the tree. other times you will over react even with training NOBODY knows how they will react in a real time situation. One of the most trained prepared men I knew working in Afghanistan totally lost the plot when we had an incident outside our compound. You just don't know until its too late. Training will help, somtimes, but will not help in every case and to be sure of a clear head and panic free is complete nonsense as it just won't happen.