<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by richard:
Speaking of which, don't you love the part where they say to "insert the metal fitting into the buckle?" Is there anyone on Planet Earth that doesn't know how to put on a seatbelt???</font>
I believe -- and this could be an urban legend -- that they did this because back in the 60s or 70s, when you weren't required to buckle up in your car, someone successfully sued an airline because they said they didn't know how to buckle up and that's what caused them to get hurt when there was some turbulence.
Someone needs to take the lawyer that filed that suit, and put him on a plane with lots of turbulence and no seat belts.