2004 Drive Safely Work Week SEAT BELT USE · “The safety belt will trap me in a burning or...
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SEAT BELT USE 2004 Drive Safely Work Week Seat Belt Use Myth vs. Reality Seat Belt Use Myth vs. Reality Myth Be a role model for others. Always buckle up. Remind everyone in the vehicle to always buckle up. Always use both the lap belt and shoulder harness. Make sure the shoulder harness is snug against the chest and the lap belt is low and tight across the hips. Make sure children ride properly restrained in the back seat. Remember that safety belts are your cheapest form of insurance. Reality (Fact) “I can move around, back and forth in my shoulder harness, so the safety belt system isn’t working.” Newer safety restraints are designed to allow movement. The belt system “locks” when the vehicle goes off-center from severe braking or from a swerve to prevent us from hitting the dashboard. “The safety belt will trap me in a burning or submerged vehicle.” Less than one-half of one percent of injury- producing collisions involves fire or submersion. If we don’t wear our safety belts, we have a very good chance of being knocked unconscious and not responding. “It is better to be thrown out of your vehicle if you have a collision.” If we don’t wear of safety belts, and are thrown out of our vehicle, our chances of being seriously injured increase 25 times and our chance of being FATALLY injured increases 6 times. “I’m only driving a short distance, so I don’t really need to wear my safety belt. I won’t be in a crash.” Most of our driving trips are short distances. Research shows: § An average trip length was 9.1 miles. § 90% of all trips were 19 miles or less. § 95% were short distances of 30 miles or less. § 64% of all trips were 5 miles or less. With so much travel close to home, it is more likely that we’ll be involved in a crash that occurs within 30 miles or less of our home. “I don’t need to wear a safety belt. The air bag alone will protect me in a crash.” Air bags are designed to work with lap and shoulder belts. They do not provide protection to unbelted vehicle occupants. Safety Belt Tips
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SEAT BELT USE2004 Drive Safely Work Week
Seat Belt UseMyth vs. RealitySeat Belt Use
Myth vs. Reality
Myth
Be a role model for others. Always buckle up.
Remind everyone in the vehicle to always buckle up.
Always use both the lap belt and shoulder harness.
Make sure the shoulder harness is snug against the chest and the lap belt is low and tight across the hips.
Make sure children ride properly restrained in the back seat.
Remember that safety belts are your cheapest form of insurance.
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Reality (Fact)
“I can move around, back and forth in my shoulder harness, so the safety belt system isn’t working.”
Newer safety restraints are designed to allow movement. The belt system “locks” when the vehicle goes off-center from severe braking or from a swerve to prevent us from hitting the dashboard.
“The safety belt will trap me in a burning or submerged vehicle.”
Less than one-half of one percent of injury-producing collisions involves fire or submersion. If we don’t wear our safety belts, we have a very good chance of being knocked unconscious and not responding.
“It is better to be thrown out of your vehicle if you have a collision.”
If we don’t wear of safety belts, and are thrown out of our vehicle, our chances of being seriously injured increase 25 times and our chance of being FATALLY injured increases 6 times.
“I’m only driving a short distance, so I don’t really need to wear my safety belt. I won’t be in a crash.”
Most of our driving trips are short distances. Research shows: § An average trip length was 9.1 miles. § 90% of all trips were 19 miles or less. § 95% were short distances of 30 miles or
less. § 64% of all trips were 5 miles or less.
With so much travel close to home, it is more likely that we’ll be involved in a crash that occurs within 30 miles or less of our home.
“I don’t need to wear a safety belt. The air bag alone will protect me in a crash.”
Air bags are designed to work with lap and shoulder belts. They do not provide protection to unbelted vehicle occupants.
Safety Belt Tips
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