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>Honestly I never understood that social norm of not wearing a seatbelt in a taxi.

Same to the social norm of not wearing seatbelts in the backseat (which is where you usually are in a taxi).

Which is probably not going to end well for the people in the front seat in a sudden deceleration: http://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/stayingsafe/vehiclesa...