Originally Posted by
Brickhut
I'm simply amazed that, after hearing that story, and how most of the van drivers "drive" (RDU), that I see 90% of our crews not buckling up.
We strap in with 5 point harnesses, bring the plane to a stop if someone is up out of their seats during taxi, ding the seatbelt sign every time there's turbulence, but you'll climb aboard a POS hotel van, with bald tires, and Dingus McDips!t behind the wheel doing 60mph on a wet clover leaf offramp, and nobody buckles up.
Agreed completely. I always buckle up and am usually the only one. Especially considering they are driving us at usually 4am or midnight in a high center of gravity vehicle that is probably not maintained in any way, it's by far the most dangerous part of our job.