The beep was annoying, but it DID make sure you put your seat belt on, now with no beep, on a busy morning, when you're running late it could be easy to forget your belt. Lots of people won't wear them anyway. But I've seen enough people mangled in cars, wrapped around trees and in red puddles on the road to have real issues with taking away a safety feature that reminds people. Worst one I saw the person was decapitated as they went through the windscreen. I hope I never have to knock doors at 4am again.
As Pottsy says only do it if you can trust yourself to remember to belt up without the beeper. If you can't, play safe and leave it. I just have issues with removing any safety device and a seatbelt is the one thing that WILL save your life.
Rant over
