zenn bites...

ever sat in one of those cabs with the ultra long seatbelts that just lie loosely on your lap, after you've clicked it in place?

i sat in one a few days ago..and it made me wonder if it will actually hold me in the event of an emergency...(errr..like seatbelts are MEANT to do)...

or would it just continue to hang loose after i've flown out through the windscreen......


i tried to test it...you know? the universal seatbelt test?

1. grab a section of the seatbelt in question (after fastening it on)... preferably the bit that's suppose to lie across your chest (don't ask me why - that part is just more accessible)

2. give it a hard, southeast-direction tug


if the seatbelt jerks to a stop, CONGRATULATIONS!!! you will probably survive if an accident ever occurs -- but you will have seatbelt burns, and whiplash, and a permanent seatbelt mark across your chest and tummy, and (for girls) a seh-ngek (slanty) left boob .....

if the seatbelt DOESN'T jerk to a stop, i suggest you get out of the cab real quick...or grab on to something VERY TIGHTLY (you can probably continue grabbing on to the chesty-part of your seatbelt)...


i tried doing the seatbelt test...but the cabbie started to look at me through the rearview mirror...

i guess you can't really jerk around discreetly (note to all: you should only jerk when no one else is in the vicinity)


i quit my experimenting:

#1. so that he won't think i'm weird

and, more importantly,

#2. so that he'd keep his bloody eyes on the road and NOT put my seatbelt to the REAL test


i hate it that my parents don't let me take the car
i hate it that they put my very precious life in the mercy of dirty old men and snakey seatbelts.