Seat belt

Even though the effectiveness of seat belts is widely known and accepted, seat belt use remains low in the United States. According to a 2012 study, the U.S. has a seventy-five percent belt use rate while Canada, Australia, and other European countries boast a ninety to ninety-five percent belt use rate (Dissanayake & Parikh, 2012). Furthermore, seat belt use rates vary from state to state reflecting differences in seat belt laws, public attitude, enforcement practices, legal provisions, and…

Saturday, January 25, 2014, a date which immeasurably affected many individuals. On this day, the North Iowa area was appalled to discover that nineteen-year-old Tiffany Banta and her younger sister, fifteen-year-old Chyann Banta, were involved in a devastating accident on County Road B-14. They were travelling east towards Forest City in Tiffany’s Pontiac Grand Am when Tiffany lost complete control and crossed over the center line onto the alternative lane. Her vehicle violently collided with…

Introduction Controls and Variables While performing this experiment there was one clear independent variable, which was the seat belt, as it was the only thing that changed during the experiment. As to have a fair test, that dummy had to be tested with both the seat belt on and off. The dependent and independent variables are the same thing in the experiment as, the effect of the seat belt is being both measured and changed. The controlled variables in this experiment was the angle of the…

As a driver you should know that before you even start your car you should always put on your seat belt first. When driving you should be aware of your blind spots at all times because other cars aren’t always in your eye view. Although it can sometimes be tempting you should always obey the speed limits. Also, you should never assume what another…

Wearing a seat belt is the best defense for security and safety during a vehicle crash. National wide seat belt usage helps save over 13,000 lives a year. Despite the statistics, people still chose not to wear a seat belt. Negligent driving accidents occur instantly, without warning; creating the need for a car accident lawyer Chicago who can help with filing a claim or preparing a lawsuit. Seat Belt Use In Chicago, people need to be aware of the overall effectiveness a seat belt will provide…

of an impact, the foam is crushed by the walls and absorbs the energy disseminated by the blow and lessens the potential crash on the driver. The scientific technological advanced has enhance safety measure in motor racing (Pulver, 2015). Beside seat belts and helmets additional mechanical advances have developed over the course of time to ascertain maximum safety for the drivers, spectators and team organizers. Early in 1952, NASCAR designers required that a roll bar be inserted in racing cars.…

Seat belts Seatbelts are known to offer the best defense against road hazards, and aggressive, distracted, and impaired drivers. In a crash, even after the passengers bodies have come to a stop, there’s a collision as the internal organs slam against the bones and other organs. Seatbelts are designed to not only keep you from not only being thrown, but also to absorb the impact. (Healthday.com) For many years, the discussion of seat belts have gone back and forth. Legally, wearing…

In the ad Embrace life the main purpose is to make sure you wear your seatbelt. It shows you that wearing your seat belt could save you from an unexpected crash, and if you care about your family and yourself than you need to wear it. In this video there are three people, a father, mother, and a daughter. It starts out with slow music and the father reaching out his hand to pretend to start his car. Then pretending to rev his engine like he is about to drive somewhere. Then it shows that they…

and my friends invited me over to hang out before everyone started leaving for college. I called an Uber to take me to my friend Mahalia’s house but, I did not make it to my destination. Two minutes after leaving my house, a car struck the driver’s seat of my uber. The uber driver, who I had known for exactly two minutes, and I grabbed each other’s hands. For some reason, we screamed to the top of our lungs until the car stopped. Because I have watched entirely too many movies, I ran out of the…

No one enjoys thinking about them. Sometimes, seat belts supposedly mitigate their potentially injurious and fatal side effects. Nine out of ten passengers wear them while riding in a vehicle (IIHS). Anne Teigen of the National Conference of State Legislatures writes that in thirty-four states and Washington, D.C., which are primary-enforcement territories, a police officer can ticket the culprits, not just the driver, just for not wearing seat belts (Teigen, Occupant Protection). Meanwhile,…