Automobile safety

Seat belts are everywhere. They can be found in cars, trains, airplanes, buses, and even at theme parks. Most people don’t mind using a seat belt on an airplane or rollercoaster, but using a seatbelt while in a car is becoming controversial. While some believe seatbelts are ineffective and a violation of personal choice, seatbelts should be a requirement for anyone riding in a car because multiple studies have proven their effectiveness, and even if a person received minor injuries from a…

the contact of the passengers and the vehicles interior and significantly reduces the risk of being ejected from your seat or worse the vehicle. On modern vehicles, seat belts are also designed to be the key part off injury prevention measures and safety system. These include airbags, head rests, which will not be as effective as seatbelts in head on collisions. The study when looking at injuries which were judged to be moderate harshness and above, users of normal seat belts had a 56.5% lower…

“Did you know that since 1975, 255,00 have been saved because they were wearing a seatbelt? (Motor Vehicle Safety).” Should laws require people to wear seatbelts? A law should require people to wear a seatbelt because it helps people make sure that they wear it, it keeps people safe, and it saves lives. Seatbelts are a big issue for people to remember to wear. Many people hop into a car and don’t put their seatbelt on, but why? This device could save your life, so why wouldn’t you want to wear…

Buckling Down on Safety: The Importance of Seat Belts Considering the high frequency at which car accidents occur, it’s a wonder that more people don’t deem seat belts to be the number one priority when riding or driving in a vehicle. It’s not uncommon to see drivers and passengers not wearing their seat belts, or even to see kids freely moving all around the backseat of a car. In fact, everyone is bound to know someone who doesn’t wear their seat belt. Drivers and passengers alike give many…

Engineering Design Case Study The Takata Airbag Recall Airbags are one of the most important safety equipment in almost all vehicles on the road today. All new cars sold in Australia today come with airbags as standard (NRMA, 2017). United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that airbags save the lives of at least 2500 people every year in the United States alone (Glassbrenner, 2002). People rely on airbags to save their lives if there is a crash, therefore…

Virginia Beach Emergency Operation Plan ESF 10 Analysis Hazardous materials (HAZMAT) incidents are dangerous types of emergencies that can turn into a major disaster. Despite, many cities that run along the Atlantic Ocean become divested by tropical storms and flooding, HAZMAT related emergencies are a close second. In Virginia Beach, VA hazard risk are delineated into four categories: Critical Hazard – High Risk, Critical Hazard – Moderate Risk, Noncritical Hazard – Low Risk, and Negligible.…

Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a dangerous pedal defect for almost four months this is the very reason why NHTSA enacted the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act in 1966. The NHTSA wanted to address the underlying factors of Toyota bring a safe car to the market and making sure that all the car parts meet vehicle safety standards like the airbags and gas pedals. The main parties that were involved in the need of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act are the…

advertising focused on safety to appeal to parents who purchase tickets for the park. His belief is that there is correlation between research from the car industry and how parents select activities for their children. While a new advertising campaign might have a positive impact, the rationale for the safety focus is not completely logical, and the campaign could use more research before being rolled out. First, the CEO sites research from the automobile industry that identifies safety as…

On May 12, 2015, an Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, drawing in the media to cover the story. Media has a way with distributing bits and pieces of information to the public. When media does release information, the information is released in a way that makes viewers or readers perceive something in a particular way. When news surfaced about the derailed Amtrak train, media officials took it upon themselves to start pointing fingers as to why a crash of this magnitude happened…

Lorean Jackson PAD6726 Florida International University Do following home safety standards decrease the likelihood that an elderly person will fall and reduce related psychological issues? Part 1 Literature Review Falling among elderly people is recorded to be the main cause to accidental deaths for the aged. Previous research indicates that falls amount up to 70 percent of all accidental deaths among elderly people aged 75 and above. This research indicates that…