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A seat belt applies an opposing force to the driver and passengers to prevent them from falling out or making contact with the interior of the car (especially preventing contact with, or going through, the windshield). Seat belts are considered primary restraint systems (PRSs), because of their vital role in occupant safety.
Most seat belt laws in the United States are left to state law. However, the recommended age for a child to sit in the front passenger seat is 13. The first seat belt law was a federal law, Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Safety Standard, which took effect on January 1, 1968, that required all vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all designated seating ...
Embrace Life is a short British public information film made for the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership (SSRP) about the importance of wearing seat belts.Released on 20 January 2010 [1] and initially only shown in the local Sussex area, the short film became an international phenomenon after it was distributed on the internet, through social networking sites and YouTube, gaining over a million ...
Fatal decision not to buckle up. The consequences can indeed be fatal. NHTSA said about half of the more than 25,000 people killed in passenger vehicles in 2022 were not wearing a seat belt, a ...
The state has one of the nation's lowest rates of seat belt usage. Some lawmakers say empowering police could save lives. Should Mass. police be allowed to stop drivers for failing to wear seat belts?
A school bus driver, who’s not wearing a seat belt The offense for those at least 15 years of age and older is a misdemeanor punishable with a fine between $25-$50.
A 1994 research study of people who both wore and habitually did not wear seatbelts concluded that drivers were found to drive faster and less carefully when belted. [24] Several important driving behaviors were observed on the road before and after the belt use law was enforced in Newfoundland, and in Nova Scotia during the same period without ...
NHTSA said seat belts reduce the risk of fatality for rear seat occupants by 55% for cars and 74% for sport utility vehicles. About half of all vehicle occupants killed in crashes are not wearing ...