Drivers still failing to belt up the kids
Drivers still failing to belt up the kids
FIVE drivers a day have been caught failing to comply with new child restraint laws.
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Wearing Your Seat Belt, From A Police Officer’s Perspective
We've heard it before: "Use the safety belt." It's the same old line. But traveling with a police officer to scenes of accidents to date, and is likely to change his mind real quick if she does not.
When I started in police work, I was not wearing a seat belt. At that time, no law requires. But my opinion changed very quickly after doing the job for a short period of time.
To begin, I have discovered that some of his very minor accidents resulted in serious injuries. A typical scenario would be a person driving down the road (doing anything wrong), for example to 35 MPH. A second person stands in front of them at the last second, and a collision occurs. Due to the low speeds involved, you would not expect any injury. However, for the person doing nothing wrong and not using seat belts, that is simply not true. Most of these people are transported to the hospital with face and knee injuries (like the body, obviously, is moving forward on impact.)
Another common injury is broken wrists. Typically, the first bone will leave the meat on the wrist as a result of the person to grab the steering wheel during the impact on car accident. The problem is that the momentum is so great that no matter how hard the person holds his body still going to go forward, which of course causes the injury. If the person had been wearing a seat belt, body, of course, have not progressed.
A typical scene violent accident that the police is when the person is thrown through the front windshield. This happens many times, and enough speed to 35 MPH or more (usually) to make it happen. They rarely survive, and if they do, the consequences can be serious as the loss of limbs or even becoming paralyzed.
Here are two traffic accidents that are true stories that resulted in death. If the person takes a seat belt, would be alive today. The first was a husband and wife driving down the road minding their own business, doing nothing wrong. When passed through an intersection of a green light, a second vehicle ran a red light and clipped rear fender / bumper. As a result, the husband (the driver) and the vehicle overturned wife. As he turned, the driver (the husband) was sent to the driver's door. Had he lived, but his own car fell on him, killing him instantly. The woman walked away, literally, with minor bruises.
Another accident involved a young man who comes home from work. She was not wearing a seatbelt. She was doing the speed limit, but because the roads were wet, but ended up losing control on the highway and rolled his truck. She was ejected from the passenger window, and they have lived. However, the truck fell on top of it and died. What is even more horrible was that the autopsy revealed that his death was the result of suffocation. This of course was his vehicle on top of it. Had it been since your seat belt, which would have lived.
My view now as an officer? I wear a seat belt for me, not the law. I know my chances of survival are significantly higher if I use it instead of not using it. I know from firsthand knowledge.
Innovative Gadget Prevent Kids From Releasing Car Safety Belt
Approaching the National Child Passenger Safety Week, a new device called as the Angelguard was introduced in an effort to keep children securely attached to their car seats. The device is intended to prevent children from accidentally releasing the belt buckle to reduce the risk of serious injury or even death of children during collisions.
It is possible that her young son belt the belt such an act would be useless when these little kids could accidentally release the shackles of their safety. Children can not safely strapped in their car seats can be easily thrown around the back of the car or even in the front seat of a car during violent clashes. This can lead to serious injury to a child or even death.
To address the problem of seat belt buckle being released accidentally by children, Patricia Mandarino spent a year in the development of a device that children can not. His effort to create a device to keep children safe in his seat due to his comments when his three year old daughter finds it easy to unhook the seat belt. He also discovered that almost all parents facing the same problem.
Mandarino searched for devices in stores that will address the problem, but his search was in vain. The realization was that there is no commercially available products that prevent young children from unfastening the seat belt, he did take time to design a way to prevent that from happening.
The result of their work is a simple product that slides into place over the release button of the safety strap so it is difficult for children to remove the seat belt, even if they do it intentionally. The product consists of a strong type of plastic and can be easily used by adults. The device's simplicity belies the great assistance provided to parents to keep their precious cargo safely secured in their seats.
The introduction of a more gadget car safety for children on board and in a car. This also gives parents some peace of mind knowing that their children can not accidentally or intentionally unhook the seat belt.
The arrival of a gadget like Angelguard surely be well received by parents. Especially with the fact recently discovered by a study showing a third of respondents said that their child (or children) has their seat belts unfastened. As a matter of fact, many respondents in the study stated that their children could not unfasten the belt once, but that they actually do often. Add to that the fact that traffic accidents are the leading cause of infant mortality from three upwards. This figure comes from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Arrival of the safety device comes on the heels of other major advances in car safety as employees in the Volvo V70.
In an age where the emphasis is on raising awareness for child safety, for example a product like Angelguard indeed will be welcome. When large brake components such as brake parts EBC Greenstuff are not sufficient to protect a vehicle accident, additional safety devices are needed to improve the safety of car occupants. The call for increased security features already answered not only by large companies but also by individuals and this can only be good for the cause of protecting motorists. If there is more innovation like this comes out in the near future will be a good step forward for the safety of the car. Consumers can expect that cars are safer and more secure for their children because of people like Mandarin and companies like Volvo that continually pushes the envelope on issues of car safety.
Seat belt credited for saving life
Seat belt credited for saving life
A seat belt is credited with saving the life of a 19-year-old driver whose car flew through the air and into a water-filled creek on Thursday. Chatham-Kent OPP say they were called to a single-vehicle crash on Highway 40 near Greenvalley Line, southeast of Wallaceburg.[...]
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TRW Unveils Self-Adaptive Load Limiting Seat Belt That Adjusts According to Occupant Size
TRW Unveils Self-Adaptive Load Limiting Seat Belt That Adjusts According to Occupant Size
LIVONIA, Mich., June 7 -- TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. , a global leader in active and passive safety, announced the launch of its self-adaptive seat belt load limiting technology that is capable of automatically adapting with respect to different body sizes of passengers.
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Parade crash victim says safety belt saved her life
Parade crash victim says safety belt saved her life
WEST CHESTER TWP. - As Dorothy Roth waited for the West Chester Twp. Memorial Day parade to begin Monday, May 31, she insisted on keeping her safety belt on as she sat in the passenger seat of a BMW that was to carry her in the parade.
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HOPEWELL VALLEY: Seat belt effort is under way
HOPEWELL VALLEY: Seat belt effort is under way
The Hopewell Township Police will be cracking down, as part of the national “Click it or Ticket” campaign, on those who don’t comply with the law requiring passengers — and drivers — to wear seat belts.
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Statewide seat belt enforcement clicks-off
Statewide seat belt enforcement clicks-off
Drivers, passengers and kids better be buckled up or in the correct child restraint as around 400 Minnesota law enforcement agencies begin heightened seat belt patrols during a Click It or Ticket campaign, May 24-June 6. The campaign marks one year since the state's primary seat belt law became effective June 9, 2009, allowing law enforcement to stop and ticket motorists or passengers solely for ...
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