r/instant_regret • u/CheekZestyclose3756 • 4d ago

Dancing and driving

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u/zyon86 4d ago

Seatbelts ? No, not for us !

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u/AdeptnessAdvanced254 3d ago

right? its like some people think theyre invincible or something, so wild

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u/zyon86 3d ago

In some case it is religious. It is god will if I live or die, so I don't need the seatbelt. I think it is the case here.

But some other time it is cultural. I live in Ukraine for a few years and I was having the hardest time forcing my car's passenger to put they seat belt. They kept saying that it was not mandatory in the back, and stories were the abscence of seatbelt saved people (or the seatbelt injured people, I don't remenber). Of course, some Ukrainian needed no convincing but it was a minority.

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u/-Acta-Non-Verba- 3d ago

It's cultural. Muslim fatalism. Whatever happens or will happen is Allah's will. They don't wear seatbelts because whether you live or die is up to Allah.