>>Seat belts will save you about 50% of the time and kill you about 50% of the time. I guess you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
>Not quite.
>They save you about 98 percent of the time when the collision involves occupants being ejected.
One time many moons ago (1970's) my mom was driving me home from Girl Scout camp when a convertible with two young fellas zipped past us on the highway. A couple of miles on we were one of the first vehicles to come upon the scene of an accident involving the convertible and a sedan. The two young men from the rag top were thrown clear and per the ambulance attendants who later arrived on scene were expected to survive. Not so lucky was the middle aged couple who had been seat belted in their hard top sedan and died instantly when it was flipped in its lid.
A few years later, I was a passenger in the front seat of a friend's vehicle when he wrapped it around a telephone pole. I was not wearing my safety harness and ended up on the floorboard with the motor and firewall partially on top of me. If I were buckled in, my torso would most likely have been crushed by the dash that was kissing the seat back when the paramedics arrived.
These are just my experiences. YMMV
That pretty much sums up my experiences too.
Also driving in the mountains, if your vehicle is going over and you’re buckled in, you reduce your chances of survival. Water accidents goes without saying.
If it makes you feel safer not to use restraints that’s your decision.
Being ejected seldom ends well. Being blown out a closed side or front window and going under the wheels of several vehicles is not a good way to go. Some even go through the sun roofs.
Based on odds and real life experience I choose to use them.
Good luck.