Do you wear your Seatbelt during flights?

If not, the emergency landing at Miami International Airport, by Continental flight 128, should have taught us all a lesson. The flight, en route to Houston from Brazil, made an emergency landing early Monday, after it experienced sudden turbulence. Turbulence so unnerving and jolting, it rocked everyone on board.

Of the 179 passengers, 26 were injured, only 4 seriously. Mild damage considering the circumstances. I mean its possible that toddlers being held by parents, people were out of their seats to use the lavatory or some were probably getting some Zs during the lengthy flight. I find the terror that those people faced unfathomable, as there is nothing better to do on a long, quiet, flight other than sleep, and I too, am guilty as charged.

Imagine being jolted up and out of your seat without warning. Most, if not all of the injured however, were people that were not wearing seat belts.

This makes me question why more people don't use their seat belts either in air or on plane. Sure the buckle your seat belt warning only flashes, as the plane is taking off, but shouldn't we have the common sense to know that there is always the possibility that something may go awry (i.e. mother nature). It amazes me to see that even survivor children aboard were being interviewed, with their parents right there, so you know that they were passengers as well. And then we wonder why we have so many governing laws. What do you think?