...Your Seatbelt Stephanie Rivera Kaplan University Professor Pavesic CM220: College Composition II August 31, 2014 Buckling Up Your Seatbelt It just could not get any easier for many people, get in a vehicle and fasten their seatbelt. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2014), the use of the seatbelt can reduce the risk of a serious injury by 50%.” Yes, using a seatbelt can get annoying at times with it getting stuck, locked in place, or even it getting on a person’s nerves with it rubbing against their neck and ears .Many people may argue about their reasons for not wanting to wear a seatbelt and many have a doctor’s note giving them permission to not wear a seatbelt, but in the end a person is saving their own life by buckling up. With more car crashes happening in Texas, the use of a seatbelt might help reduce the number of deaths that arise from a car crash. Each and every state has different laws with regulations on the use and nonuse of seatbelts. It is stated in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, that currently thirty three states in the United States have primary seat belt laws (IIHS, 2014). ©Insurance Institute for Highway Safety What is a primary seatbelt law? A primary seatbelt laws allows a police to stop and ticket a motorist is the driver and passengers are not buckled up, National Conference of State Legislatures (2013). The state of Texas is one of the thirty three states that has mandatory seatbelt use...
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...Important Seatbelt Safety Facts and Tips Here are some seatbelt safety tips that you should know: • Airbags alone are only 42 percent effective at providing protection. The absolute best combination for adults riding in a car is a lap-shoulder belt with an airbag. • Check all the seatbelts in your car periodically for breaks, frays, looseness and workability. It will cost you far less to fix a broken seatbelt than it will cost if you're in a serious accident with a broken belt. • Most accidents occur during the day so buckle up and practice driving safety at work • One person to a seatbelt; never double people up. • Your shoulder belt should be worn close to your body and over, never under your shoulder. The lap belt should be worn against your body and low across your hips. • Pregnant women always need to wear their seatbelts. It will not in anyway hurt your unborn baby. In fact, if you're in an accident, wearing your seatbelt properly is the best way to protect the life in your belly. For further information take a look at this pdf document brochure on pregnancy and seatbelts. • Infants, birth to at least 1 year and at least 20 lbs must be in a rear facing infant or convertible seat. • Infants less than 1 year who are 20-35 lbs must be in a rear facing convertible seat. • Children ages 1 to four years who are 20 lbs to 40 lbs must be in convertible seat that is forward-facing or forward-facing only or a combination seat with harness. • Children who are...
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...The Importance of Seatbelt Safety Seatbelts have become a very important part of everyday living for every driver in the world. The seatbelt maybe a reason why a lot of people are alive today. I would like to share with you just how important wearing your seatbelt is and how two straps may save you or your family members life. The first seatbelt was invented in 1849 in the Volvo. The first U.S patent for the automobile seatbelt was to Edward J. Claghorn Of New York on February 10, 1885. The seatbelt was designed to be applied to the person, and provided with the hooks and other attachments for securing the person a fixed object. There are several types of belts in cars such as the 2-point belt, with two attachments, 3-point belt, lap and shoulder attachment, and the children’s belt that has child restraints. Everyday fatal car accidents occur that take a humans life with or without the seatbelt on, but in today’s studies 40,000 people die each year in accidents and the seatbelt prevents death in half of these accidents. If you know this and still don’t wear a seatbelt ask yourself why not. The seatbelt holds the body in place in case of a strong impact by another car, truck, or any type of collision. Wearing the belt prevents the second collision from happening, the human collision. In the late 70’s there were a lot of fatal accidents that raised everyone’s eyebrows that mad the seatbelt become more popular. Accidents such as car crashes and planes crashes...
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...Manuscript Title: National roadside survey of child restraint system use in Belgium Author: Roynard Mathieu Silverans Peter Casteels Yvan Lesire Philippe PII: DOI: Reference: To appear in: Received date: Revised date: Accepted date: S0001-4575(13)00346-1 http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.aap.2013.08.021 AAP 3271 Accident Analysis and Prevention 13-12-2012 22-7-2013 20-8-2013 Please cite this article as: Mathieu, R., Peter, S., Yvan, C., Philippe, L., National roadside survey of child restraint system use in Belgium, Accident Analysis and Prevention (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2013.08.021 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. National roadside survey of child restraint system use in Belgium Roynard Mathieu*1, Silverans Peter1, Casteels Yvan1, Lesire Philippe2 Belgian Road Safety Institute (BRSI), Chaussée de Haecht 1405, 1130 Brussels, Belgium Laboratory of Accidentology and Biomechanics PSA Peugeot-Citroën / Renault (LAB), 132 rue des Suisses, 92000 Nanterre, France 2 1 Abstract Keywords: Child restraint system (CRS), CRS use, CRS misuse...
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...Seatbelt Injuries In Motor Vehicle Accidents Peter Pan Southeastern College NUR 2237C Instructor: Captain Hook Seatbelt Injuries In Motor Vehicle Accidents One of the most common types of personal harm experienced from a motor vehicle accident is seatbelt injury. During an automobile accident, the body is thrown frontwards and sideward that could cause harm mostly to the chest, abdomen & shoulders. This will of course have an effect on the body and in occasional cases, can cause internal injuries as well such as spinal cord injury (Achildi, et al., 2007), aortic separation, and intra-abdominal trauma such as colon perforation or mesentery rupture; even though they may feel uninjured. There is less likelihood to be seriously injured if a seat belt is being worn than if no seat belt is utilized at all. Unfortunately, injuries can still occur even if a seat belt is used and should be treated expeditiously prior to injuries worsening. Notwithstanding it being Florida law, seat belts reduce the risk of serious damage and could save a life in the event of a car accident. Seat belts however, could cause misalignment of the spinal column and rib cage that can pull and orpinch nerves that connected the injured regions. In addition, numerous government agencies including the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC, 2014) have concluded that wearing a seat or lap belt while traveling in automobilesdoes save lives. Let us examine this objectively,...
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...for a child to ride in the front passenger seat unrestrained. Violating this Texas transit law is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine no more than 50 dollars, but Texas authorizes any peace officer to arrest a person to arrest a person without a warrant if found guilty of violating seatbelt laws. In this case petitioner Atwater was pulled over by Lago Vista police officer Bart Turek for failing to safely restraint her 3 year old son and 5 year old daughter in the front seat. During Atwater’s traffic stop she failed to provide a driver’s license and insurance documentation she was then arrested and taken to the local police station. After...
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...This is Child Safety Month. Many parents are putting their children in harm's way without even realizing it by not installing the safety seat properly. In fact, it is estimated that 80 percent of car seats are not installed properly. Fortunately, there are many things you can do in order to make sure that your child's safety seat is installed properly. You want to make sure that you pick the car seat that is the appropriate size for your child. Keep in mind that newborns and infants need rear-facing car seats. Once your child has outgrown the rear-facing car seat, he or she can move to a forward-facing one. Most children can fit in a forward-facing car seat by the age of two. Once children reach 40 pounds, they can move to a booster seat....
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...impact from the other vehicle sends your car onto the railroad tracks. There is no one around to call for help and your seatbelts jam in the locks. You and your family are trapped. Then you see it. A train comes rolling down the track. What do you do? There is no way to get out of the car. Then it is all over. The train has hit your vehicle and you and your whole family are killed They are so many reasons as to why wearing a seat belt should not be a law. A seat belt is uncomfortable and they cut across the body in painful, and awkward, positions. When you are...
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...Hang Up: It’s Not Just Your Life Brad Gardner Michael Hunter ENG215 November 4, 2014 Hang up: It's not just your life Although it appears to be a common sense notion, the differences in laws and regulations regarding the use of mobile devices while driving are not the same from state to state. No one person is a better-distracted driver than the next and because of this, all states should have standardized policies regarding the use of mobile devices while driving. Every day we can make a change; make better choices, to make a difference in our lives and the lives of others. We can make a simple choice to hang up our cell phone before getting in our car and driving. We can choose not to accidently run over a young child walking across the street on their way to school due to the distraction of a cell phone. It sounds simple enough to do; yet, every second, someone decides to take that child's life. They decide that it is more important to answer their phone or reply to a text while driving over the wellbeing of others. Distracted driving and its repercussions have been a growing concern since the first-day drivers began using mobile devices. The first cellular phones became available for consumer use in the mid-80s. Widespread use was not marked for almost another decade. In the early 90s, less than 4.5 million people used cell phones. Over the last 15 or so years the population of cell phone users has spiked to over 230 million, according to statistics from the Insurance Information...
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...Driven to Distraction by Cell Phones Sandra Greene ENG 215 Professor Erica Ellsworth 18 May, 2012 Driven to Distraction by Cell Phones Countless numbers of people are dying every day. These deaths are not limited to certain areas but are occurring nationally. They are pointless deaths because something could be done to prevent it from happening. Imagine if stopping one simple act could save countless lives. That simple act would be to stop being distracted by our cell phones when driving. Are we still willing to listen or do we discount or tune out the speaker and continue on about our business? The fact is that all states should have standardized laws banning cell phone use while driving because talking, texting, and reading texts distract drivers and lead to accidents and death. A brief history of the cell phone shows that “between 1998 and 2001, more than 100 million cell phones were sold. By the end of the 90's, more than 70 million users existed. At the end of 2000, there were over 100 million subscribers, so the 2000’s are the decade that cell phones became common” (Strayer and Cooper, 2009). It is also the decade that lives started to be lost due to cell phone use while driving. Today almost everyone has a cell phone. It is hard to imagine a time when we did not have cell phones available to us. Most people can barely remember having to use pay phones to make calls. Cell phones are...
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... (CDC 2012) Injuries are the leading cause of death and disability for children in the United States (CDC). Injuries are not always preventable regardless of their nature. A common sense approach can lead to a reduction in injuries. Driving safely including the proper use of seatbelts or car seats, removal of plastic bags from young children, teaching swimming and supervision when in water, removal of house hold toxins, fire safety, and use of bicycle helmets are taught in school to kids (HHS). The CDC calls for efforts to reduce injuries by focusing on what term the 3 P’s; education, enforcement, and engineering. Education is used by the schools to teach children basic safety. New parents are often taught the proper way to use child restraint seats in the car. Locally, in my area the state police have no fault safety checks in which your car seat and the use of it can be examined for proper fit. These clinics are conducted in a big box retailer’s parking lot so that all a parent needs to do is drive up. If fault is found in the use of the car safety seat, education is given out rather than a citation. The second E is enforcement. Examples include laws and ordinances requiring the use of child safety seats and bicycle helmets and enforcement of speeding limits and healthy housing codes. Adequately enforcing laws, ordinances, and regulations increases their effectiveness (CDC 2012). Lastly, Engineering...
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...It is every parents hope that they can be successful in raising morally sound children. Think about this; an elementary school student is being bullied out on the playground; your child witnesses the encounter and decides to intervene. He states to the bully that enough is enough and that he has gone too far. He then walks away with the bullied student. The bully is humiliated and makes a decision to never bully again, and the child being bullied has a new friend. Most parents or guardians want their children to be the ones who step up in situations like these, to put a stop to any wrong- doing and to stick up for what they have been taught. But how can parents or guardians be effective in raising children with a strong sense of morals? There are daily opportunities for a parent or guardian to teach a child morals and values. It is absolutely impossible for children to learn what is ethically acceptable unless their caretakers are continually teaching them and practicing these values with them. There are so many values that are important to most people. Honesty, kindness, respect and forgiveness are only a few examples of necessary morals that children need to grasp and understand at a young age. It can be frustrating for a parent when it comes to teaching their child ethics. It is a learning process that, unlike potty training or learning the alphabet, can takes many years. It is a lifetime of learning experiences, trial and error, and social reactions that added together...
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...In the month of April 2012, Michigan lawmakers sought to remove the motorcycle helmet law that had been in place for 20 plus years. This is been a hot topic that has had a lot of proposals, none of which seemed to be acceptable to Michigan lawmakers until the fate of Michigan motorcyclists was dangling in one man’s hand. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder made the difference when he voted yes to not enforcing motorcyclists to wear helmets. Since this decision there has been a substantial increase in fatalities of the motorcyclists. Michigan no longer requires motorcyclists to wear protective head gear. The new law basically states that if a rider chooses to not wear a helmet you are to have a $20,000 insurance policy that is supposed to cover your medical and other costs, in the event you are injured in an accident without a helmet on. It has been proven time and time again that $20, 000 will not cover even one day in a critical care unit at a local hospital. Michael Dabbs, president of the Brain Injury Association of Michigan, said the $20,000 insurance coverage that riders are required to buy “would probably buy a part of the day in the ER and intensive care and not much more”. (Durkin, 2013) Motorcyclists feel that if they are required to wear a helmet it takes away their personal freedom. They feel it is a breach of their freedom and motorcyclists stand firm on this belief. Bikers think that if they choose not to wear a helmet, bikers should not have to. Bikers back up their...
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...this book: • your road safety responsibilities • the road rules • drivers and licensing • vehicles and registration • fitness to drive self assessment. The information contained within this handbook has been prepared to help you become better informed about road safety, road rules, drivers and licensing and vehicle registration. It should not be taken as a precise interpretation of the law. It does not set out to be complete or a substitute for the legislation made by Parliament. Recent changes in laws may not be reflected in this publication. The Driver’s Handbook can be downloaded from mylicence.sa.gov.au If you require further information, please call 13 10 84 between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday. Information on the relevant South Australian legislation may be obtained from the following web site: www.legislation.sa.gov.au references • The Driving Companion (for Learner Drivers) • Australian Road Rules • Road Traffic Act (1961) and Regulations • Motor Vehicles Act (1959) and Regulations Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure. This work is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Department. First published in Australia 2000. MR200 September 2010. W E L C O M E Welcome to the Driver’s Handbook which is designed to support all road users and contains essential information and useful tips. Before you drive… • Think about safety. Know the risks and be...
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...Drivers may retrieve the credentials from the confiscating officer within 15 days once they correct any safety violations. Virginia defines reckless driving as any driver actions that endanger people or property. Reckless driving is a Class One misdemeanor in Virginia. If the state finds a driver does not have a driver’s license or caused a fatality due to reckless driving, the state will charge them with a Class 6 felony -- a penalty that may result in a year or more of jail time. The driver will also receive a minimum fine of $250. Virginia requires drivers to stop at red lights and stop signs. If the other lights have gone through two cycles, two minutes have passed or the light is out of service drivers may continue through the intersection as if the light were a stop sign. Running a red light or stop sign in Virginia can result in arrest and a maximum fine of $250. Virginia requires all front seat passengers wear seatbelts. The state makes some exceptions to this rule: Drivers with a physician’s note Police officers transporting prisoners Mail...
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