Seatbelts and Youth
Correct way to wear |
Seatbelts & youth |
Protecting your baby |
Protecting your children |
Buckle up – it's the law |
How seatbelts work |
School buses & seatbelts
According
to Transport center's research
In a 50 km/h
frontal crash -
- an unbuckled 150-pound
adult will collide with other occupants, strike the inside of the vehicle
or be ejected from the car with force equivalent to the weight of a
3½-ton truck.
- an unrestrained 25-pound
child can be thrown forward with force equivalent to the weight of 1,200-pound
baby elephant.
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Young people - especially those who ride in the back
seat - need to do better before the laws of physics catch up to them. And the
laws of physics are merciless.
Occupants in a vehicle
involved in a front-end crash will continue moving through the interior of the
vehicle - at the speed at which the vehicle was travelling - until they:
- Smash into the interior of the vehicle (dash, steering
wheel, front seats) or
- Smash into other occupants or
- Are thrown out of the car.
