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I like the ones that're combo'd with bottle openers better. Really sells the disregard for everyone involved.

a highway patrol captain gave a safety seminar at my old job, and I still remember what he said about seatbelts - after decades on the highway, working countless crash scenes, he had only had to un-buckle one dead person from a crash. All of the other dead people in crashes were not wearing theirs.

I've flipped two cars. The only injury I had from those two incidents was cutting my finger in safety glass due to my own stupidity. The major down side to seatbelts is that they are difficult to undo when your car is upside down. The benefit of seatbelts is that they let you complain on the Internet about how hard it is to undo your seatbelt when upside down.

I’m such a tough badass, I can’t stand the feeling of a cloth strap across my chest

yes! don't wear a seatbelt! break the rules! die in car accidents like a MAN!

Firstly, fuck the assholes who go into the whole right wing punisher bullshit. Just getting that part of this out of the way.

Secondly, wear your fucking seatbelt. It's literally there to save your fucking life. And the lives of those around you. Just fucking do it.

But finally, there are legitimate uses for (non punisher themed, I guess) seat belt silencers. Because of her disabilities, my mom had to use one of these for most of my life. She was unable to wear the seatbelt. There are also autistic folks with doctors notes exempting them from it because of severe sensory issues. Also, have you never put a bag of groceries on the passenger seat, only to be annoyed to hell and back by the beeping?

Every Republican I personally know breaks laws like these all the time, and yet when a cop murders someone they say "they shouldn't have broken the law"

It's pretty obvious this one in particular is for idiots, but my car's detect person sensor is so sensitive that it goes off when I have towels in the backseat. My solution was to leave the seatbelts plugged in all the time, but a decorative seatbelt silencer might have been nice. The plugged in seatbelt interferes with the middle seat drop down cupholder, so anytime I have a passenger with a cup we all have to deal with the alarm if they don't put the seatbelt back in after lowering the cupholder.

Maybe a rainbow one or something. Make it obvious so it doesn't get lost in a sea of black carpets.

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I did a quick google search, and they're all "rawr I'm masculine and drink a lot" with a dash of ai-generated "this is safer because beeping is distracting please buy my stuff" articles. Nothing with rainbows. Almost all of them include a bottle opener but default, including the CAT and other ATV/construction equipment style ones. Not worth the effort to support that type of market.

Complete with bottle opener! Now you can drive drunk without that annoying chime to remind you to put your seatbelt on!

Excellent product idea, inspires me for some others:

Punisher airbag-knife, specially designed to deflate those pesky government-mandated airbags. Did you know airbags kill people sometimes? Protect yourself by getting rid of them!

Punisher-themed electric bathtub hot dog grill, because it's my God given right to enjoy an American classic whenever and wherever I feel like it.

Punisher-themed fire alarm sound insulating boxes. Pairs great with the electric bathtub hot dog grill

Seatbelt fatalities are like 2%. Ejection fatalities are 83%. The odds are far more favorable to just wear the damn things.

I can barely imagine the level of pathetic you have to be to actually use one of these. Holy fucking shit

favourite of ICE officers

All I can say is let them die. If they are dumb enough to use something stupid like this, they deserve to not survive a crash.

Whenever I see this logo in an obviously right-wing context I think of Big Shot. It's almost like the character was created for these idiotic Punisher-worshipping fascists.

People who own these are men who hate women, people of color, their families, and themselves. At least our taxpayer dollars won't have to pay for their medical bills when they're a potato in the hospital after getting in an accident. 😖 I hate how The Punisher has been co-opted by white supremacy.

Siri, what’s America like in 2025?

My Subaru could use that for literally anything placed on the passenger seat. Putting your cellphone on the seat will likely set off the dinging.

Screw right wing punisher dudes.

Seat belt should be used on every drive.

That said, I think it's ridiculous police can charge and make revenue for protecting people from themselves. Education I support, hard enforcement not so much.

Guess they're not manly enough to just snip whatever wire is going to it.

On an tangentially related note, one thing that Georgia (the country) has taught me is to always check buckle first before pulling the belt when riding an Uber or any local taxi. Used to pull belt instinctively right away, but in there, too often have I found that, while the belt is still present, the buckle has been completely removed and the driver being visibly annoyed seeing me fumbling trying to find it. I didn't fuss about it, though, the city traffic was so slow I didn't feel unsafe without one, the road police was non-existent(=no fines), and it's not really my business as a tourist to tell locals how to drive.

Skull shaped to signify resulting death due to not wearing their seat belt I guess

I hope they sell a lot because the people who like those punisher logos are not contributing to society.

Very hope insurance companies check these details after any incident to refuse payment.

Very much hope countries with free healthcare and law force to use seatbelts could refuse treatment such brave persons.