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How cautious are you about your seat belt?

How cautious are you about your seat belt?

  • I let the ride-op tighten it

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  • I tighten it and then let the ride-op tighten it

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  • I tighten it, then let the ride-op tighten it, and then I tighten it again myself

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bizarrofan10

bizarrofan10

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I was randomly thinking about this earlier today..........

When you have a coaster (or any ride really) with a seatbelt, how cautious are you about making sure it is tight/secure?
 
I put it on in order to help with load speed, as well as hoping to luck out with a "looser" ride by not putting the belt or bar on as tightly as possible.
 
with disdain against the Airtime Gods! :razz:
 
I'm usually a pretty big pussy when it comes to seatbelts. well, eh it depends. Usually I'm always paranoid even though I know better
 
Just like getting in a car, I put my belt on naturally without thinking. It's a natural instinct, as it is with well-trained ride ops to check it.

Nope, not cautious at all.
 
I put it on myself but I didn't realise you could tighten it. I just clip it in how it is.
 
I put it on myself to speed up loading and try to get it as loose as possible. But it all comes down to the ride/ops on how I have my belt...

The only way to ride Balder is standing up :p
 
I usually put the belt on. Tighten it. Let the ride-op check it, then loosen it slightly. So I'm not absolutely crammed in (if they've pinned me in, if they haven't, I usually just leave it)
 
Automatically put it on as soon as I get on the ride. I tend to tighten it so I can feel it a little bit on my hips, but loose in my lap.

It should be the bar that keeps you in, seat belt is a backup. My sister has been on Grand National at Blackpool without any restraints (Bazpa has too). I may have done, but I can't remember, too young :lol:

I think first ride on a coaster I tend to be more cautious, then subsequent rides I'll go looser once you know what the chances are it'll chuck you out. Always ride with it fastened though, if I did come out and die, I wouldn't want a ride op to get in trouble for my own stupidity.
 
I'll always do it up and tighten it lightly. I like it to be secure but not crushing. For my first ride on coasters I tend to semi-staple myself until I'm more sure about how the coaster rides, then I'll get myself some room to enjoy the ride properly (anyone remember Diamondback at the Live? ;) ).

So yeah, I'll tighten it a bit, let the ride op check it, then just adjust it some I'm comfortable with it on the lift/launch.
 
I put it on and let the ride op tighten it but if it's too tight I usually loosen it back up to the point where, if anything DID happen, I probably wouldn't fly out, but I'm not restrained from getting good airtime.
 
eh

Hyde244 said:
with disdain against the Airtime Gods! :razz:
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I am always overly safe but I never feel restricted from getting good airtime.

How loose are your seat belts? :?:

And does the tightness of the seatbelt matter if there is a lap bar over it in terms of air time?
 
Re: eh

bizarrofan10 said:
And does the tightness of the seatbelt matter if there is a lap bar over it in terms of air time?
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It does if you have the lap bar on one click ;)
 
^ I can never do that, as the lap bar always defies my intentions and falls down on its own. :(

As to the question, I tighten it as soon as I get on the ride, keep it as loose as possible without raising suspicion, and then adjust it once the ride's started.

And, obviously, I never undo it or make it so loose it's unsafe. :p
 
^ The way to get around the "lap-bar falling down" bit, just pull it upwards on the bottom of the hills and stand up over the hills, works for me :)
 
On Grand National it isn't usually checked, and I take it off once the train departs anyway. I also bring my knees up as high as possible to try and get as much movement as I can. Same with The Ultimate and any roughty toughty non inverting veteran...
 
I put it to where I want it, then the ride oP is like:

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"No, Lol."

Then they staple me.
 
^HAHAHAHAHA!! Don't rightly know why, but that has just absolutely cracked me up. I'd go as for to say it's made my day!

****ing excellent!
 
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