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Volvo has the honor of being the first to implement seat belts in 1849. The first U.S. patent for automobile seat belts was issued to Edward J. Claghorn of New York, New York on February 10, 1885.
This patent was described as a Safety-Belt for tourists that was "designed to be applied to a the person, and provided with hooks and other attachments for securing the person to a fixed object."
Failure to wear seat belts is responsible for more fatalities than any other single traffic behavior. In all of the traffic accidents reported for 1999, 63% of fatalities were not wearing seat belts.
Wearing a seat belt use is still the single most effective thing we can do to prevent unnecessary traffic deaths and injuries on America's roadways.
Traffic data suggests that education alone is not enough to convince young people, especially males from ages 16 to 25 of the dangers of not using seat belts. This age group is caught up in the belief in their immortality due to their young age.
It is this age group that also exhibits the most violation of drunk driving laws. They are also the most prone to speeding, and other traffic related law violations.
Because of this, it has been suggested that stronger seat belt laws and higher visibility enforcement campaigns be enforced to make them buckle up.
Seat belts are the most effective safety devices in vehicles today, estimated to save 9,500 lives each year. If 90 percent of Americans buckle up, it could prevent more than 5,500 deaths and 132,000 injuries annually.
The cost of unbuckled drivers and passengers goes beyond those killed and the loss to their families. Everyone pays for this negligence. It may be in the form of higher taxes, higher health insurance fees, and higher medical costs.
Imagine running as fast as you can, into a wall. You'd expect to get pretty banged up. What if while running at full speed a wall suddenly appeared in front of you? Would you be able to stop instantaneously?
This is exactly the situation one faces when the front of his or her car hits something at only 15 miles an hour. The car stops in the first tenth of a second, but you keep on at the same rate you were going in the car until something stops you, the steering wheel, dashboard or windshield, if you're not wearing your safety belt.
If this could happen at 15 miles an hour, imagine what a 30 mile per hour collision would result in? It would be the same as hitting the pavement after a 3 story fall.
A properly worn safety belt keeps that second collision - the human collision, from happening.
"Properly worn" means with both straps safely fitted to transfer the impact of the collision to the parts of your body that can take it, the hipbones and shoulder bones.
With just the shoulder strap on, one can still slide out from under and get strangled. The lap belt alone doesn't keep one's face from hitting the steering wheel or other parts of the car.
Wearing seat belts is the law in most countries. There really isn't any reason not wear them aside from plain laziness. But imagine, that investment of a couple of seconds before you carry on to drive could save your life. Why not make that commitment to invest now?
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Defensive Driving Tips: Seat Belt Safety Facts
Defensive driving techniques are not restricted to technical driving skills and tactics. One of the simplest and most effective defensive driving techniques to protect yourself as a driver or a passenger is to ALWAYS wear a seat belt. It is well proven that seat belts save lives, and drivers should learn all they can about seat belt safety facts.
Research has shown that vehicle occupants have a 40 percent better chance of surviving a crash if they are wearing a seat belt (this statistic is dependent upon the severity of the crash - some crashes are so severe that survival is impossible). However, in many crashes seat belts play a major role in reducing injuries. Each year around 20 per cent of all road fatalities were people not wearing a restraint. Hundreds of other people are disabled for life in road accidents where they were not wearing a seat belt.
SEAT BELT SAFETY FACT #1
Seat belts protect drivers and passengers in a number of ways, such as:
1. Decreasing the time it takes an occupant to come to a stop upon impact
2. Minimizing a person's contact with the interior of the vehicle
3. Spreading the force of the impact over a greater area of the body
4. Preventing ejection from the vehicle.
SEAT BELT SAFETY FACT #2
If you are the driver, before the car starts moving you need to make sure of the following:
1. Your own seat belt is properly fastened and adjusted to fit firmly
2. Your passengers' seat belts are properly fastened and adjusted firmly
3. Children traveling in the car are properly restrained.
If you are a passenger, before the car starts moving make sure you have:
1. Properly fastened and adjusted your seat belt
2. Encourage the driver and other passengers to buckle up.
SEAT BELT SAFETY FACT #3
Being pregnant is no reason not to wear a seat belt. Wearing a seat belt means you are protecting both yourself and your unborn baby if you are involved in a crash. Here are a few tips for comfortably and correctly wearing a seat belt whilst pregnant:
1. Place the lap sash part of the belt under the baby bulge, as low as possible. The lap part of the seat belt should sit over the upper thighs, not across the bulge.
2. It is often possible to adjust the angle of the seat belt by using a seat belt locator.
3. Make sure the sash part of the belt is in between the breasts.
SEAT BELT SAFETY FACT #4
Children must be restrained in a restraint suited to their size and weight. The restraint must be correctly and securely fitted to the car. In certain cars it is possible to fit an additional lap belt to accommodate a fourth small child in the back seat. Lap belts are not recommended on their own, but are safe if used in conjunction with a properly fitted child harness.
Before moving children from a booster seat into an adult seat belt, certain conditions should be met.
1. The adult seat belt fits correctly. The lap part is low over the pelvis (not the stomach) and the sash does not touch the child's face or neck and all slack is removed.
2. Lap/sash seat belts offer much greater protection than lap belts. Where possible put your child in a seating position with a lap/sash belt.
3. Children riding in school buses must wear a seat belt if one is available. Only one seat belt per person must be used.
SEAT BELT SAFETY FACT #5
Seat belts must always be kept in good condition. Car owners should check the condition of seatbelts in their vehicle as a standard part of vehicle maintenance routine. The following things should be checked:
1. The seat belts themselves are not twisted, cut or frayed.
2. The buckles are in good working order, engaging and releasing properly.
3. The retractors work properly. The seat belt should pull out smoothly and be fully retracted when not in use.
In many countries, such as Australia, it is illegal not to wear a seat built. By law, every person travelling in a car must wear a seat belt if one is available. Tough penalties apply for those who break the law. More and more countries around the world are embracing this fact, and the message about the importance of "buckling-up" is being spread loud and clear.
Wearing seat belts is clearly one of the easiest defensive driving techniques a driver or passenger can employ, and learning all the seat belt safety facts is the best place to start.
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I'm looking for a 5 point harness car seat with a larger (than 40 lbs) weight limit.?
My 3 year old is already 40 inches in height but not mature enough for the seat belt booster seat.
Alrighty, here are a few options for you (I'm in the same situation and this is what I've found). The weights I list are the max weights for the 5 pt. harness (as best as I can find)
Sunshine Kids Radian65 & Radian80 Car Seat will do 65 & 80lbs in a 5 pt harness ($180-$200)
The Britax Regent will go to 80lbs ($250-$280)
The Britax Marathon will go to 65lbs I think. ($200ish)
Cosco [Safety First] Apex 65 will go to 65 lbs ($150-$180)
And that's all I can find... Also, evidently, car seats are only supposed to be used for a max. of 6 years, so keep that in mind and buy accordingly. Some seats with similar weight limits have very different height limits.
There are also new laws that are currently proposed that will increase the weight that a child must be harnessed to, so one could assume that more higher weight rated seats will be on the market soon.
BBHS students learn seat belts do save lives
Last Wednesday, the BBHS YOADA group invited the Nebraska State Patrol to bring their Seat Belt Convincer to the school. YOADA stands for Youth Offering Alternatives to Drugs and Alcohol, and the group hopes this display will have an impact on the youth of Broken Bow.
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