A seat belt, sometimes called a safety belt, is a safety harness designed to secure the occupant of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result from a collision or a sudden stop. As part of an overall occupant restraint system, seat belts are intended to reduce injuries by stopping the wearer from hitting hard interior elements of the vehicle or other passengers (the so-called second impact) and by preventing the passenger from being thrown from the vehicle.It has been stated that in crashes, unbelted rear passengers increase nearly fivefold the risk of death for belted front passengers.
Started January 1st 2009, the first 3 rear paseengers would have to wear safety belts for cars registered after 1995.
This is indeed good news.
Studies have shown that many deaths of the front passengers who buckled up properly were caused by rear passengers being thrown forward like a projectile in a crash. The force of a person travelling at 60km/hour would be 40 times the body weight. If there is any impact, the force exerted would kill the Back passenger as well the the Front passenger directly in front, mostly by fracturing the cervical spines (neck spines). ( it is also for this reason that it is best to keep loose things like umbrellas and books in the boot instead of the shelf in front of the back windsrceen.)
So, it is for the good of the rear passengers as well as the front passengers for the rear passengers to buckle up.
Here’s another good reason. It prevents you from falling when you are sleeping as well. So you can sleep in style and sleep in peace, knowing that you have buckled up.
So buckled up all Royal Rangers.
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