...Jerry C. Simshauser English 097 Final Paper Seat belts: The Ultimate Lifesaver According to the Illinois State Police, One out of every five drivers will be involved in a traffic crash this year, and approximately 35,000 people die in motor vehicle crashes each year. About half of these people could be saved if they wore their seat belts. Driving is something that should always be taken seriously, but today there are still some people out there that think seat belts and seat belt laws are overrated and lame. In reality that is further from the truth. But today there are more hazards out there to beware of when driving. Seat belts are fairly simple and quick; they can be described as non-intrusive, much safer, and sometimes known as the ultimate lifesaver. It is time to make sure all drivers wear a seat belt. According to NTHSA, Seat belts when used properly reduce the number of serious traffic injuries by 60 percent and fatalities by 70-75 percent. Seat belts should always be utilized at all times in any motor vehicle, and seat belt laws should be heavily enforced. There are several reasons to utilize seat belts and to obey seat belt laws. First, requiring a driver to wear a seat belt is simple and quick because it is not only right there, but in reality seat belts only take about two seconds to put on. Furthermore, It is the law whether anyone likes or not. According to Encarta, seat belts were used as standard equipment for all vehicles in the mid to late 1960’s...
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...Although, some people want seat belts in school buses, it may actually be argued that people don’t want seat belts in school buses. Reason 1:They feel uncomfortable. Reason 2: Sometimes if the seat belt gets jammed, you will get frustrated just by that. Reason 3: You might get something stuck in the seat belt, it might get stuck in there forever and you won’t ever see it again. First of all, I don’t want seat belts because in case there is a fire , you might not unbuckle your seat belt and die. You have to pay extra money just for seat belts. It would cost $8,000 to $15,000 bucks just to put seat belts in each bus. In addition, I think seat belts are uncomfortable because you might scratch your neck and your...
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...Age-Related Differences for Seat Belt Usage Nehir E. Kurşun¹ and Fatih M. Yaşar² ¹Department of Fashion Design & Department of Psychology, Izmir University of Economics ²Department of Media and Communication, Izmir University of Economics Abstract The study of examined that gender and age-related differences in seat-belt usage or not usage at different travelling conditions. Moreover, seat belt usage or not usage was related with license year, active year on the traffic, daily time at traffic and place is examined. Firstly observed was done and after that face-to-face interviewing was made with 150 interviewees, who were different gender and at different age. Reported seat belt usage reasons were “safety”, “inexperienced”, “avoiding punishment”, and “previous crash experiences”. Not using seat belt reasons were reported “situational conditions”, “being at traffic continuously”, “discomfort” and “over trust to the driver”. “Safety” was the most mentioned reason for using seat belt and “being at traffic continuously” was the most common reason to not using a seat belt. Results showed that gender differences for seat belt usage, women used the seat belt more than men and being female and being older were effected the seat belt usage rate. Additionally, age-related differences for seat belt usage, results showed that young people, adults and older people all of them used seat belt in general. 1...
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...about seat belts? Why don’t school buses have them? The short answer is that small school buses do in fact require seat belts; large school buses, with a few exceptions do not. Seat belts are not required on the larger school buses because both the U.S. Department of Transportation and Transport Canada, have determined that compartmentalization is the preferred occupant protection system. To explain these differences in a greater detail we begin as follows; a small bus is categorized as a bus under 10,000lbs in weight, which are required by federal law to have seat belt systems on them due to the fact that they are closer in nature to the size of the average automobile and/or light trucks. The federal government requires a level of occupant protection similar to those that are the standards of cars and trucks for a bus that falls into this category. Larger buses typically will weigh 23,000 lbs or more. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s same regulatory update stated that local school districts were best equipped to decide whether the large “Type C” ( which are the conventional school buses) and Type D ( transit style vehicle with its body installed upon a chassis, with the engine mounted in the front, mid-ship, or rear) school buses have the seat belts. If the answer is yes, the manufacturing guidelines for how to best install these restraints comes into play. Many parents are worried about the contradiction between the need to use seat belts and...
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...curiosity, they are particularly vulnerable to injury also referred as unintended injuries. Though, Toddlers are exposed to many types of injuries such as: Motor Vehicle, Suffocation, Drowning Poisoning, Fire/Burns, fall, Recreation. However, the most common cause of unintentional injury death for children age 1-4 years was a motor vehicle (MV) crash, with the majority of events involving a vehicle occupant. While properly used restraints can reduce serious injury by up to 70%. A child riding on a lap is not protected but is at double risk: Not only is it physically impossible for the parent to keep the child from being thrown into the windshield and dashboard, but if the adult is not wearing seat belt, the force of the adult’s body may crush the child. Although laws requiring seat-belt use are now in force in all 50 states, many parents fail to use safety restraints. This is the simplest and easiest way to keep a young child safe. Children at this age level are less likely to be injured as pedestrians than are older children, as parents correctly recognize that young children cannot cross streets safely in the absence of an adult. However, toddlers are more likely than older children to wander into the street or...
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...Child safety seats are designed to protect children from injury or death during the car accidents. Each year, thousands of children are killed or injured because of the car accidents and safety seats help to protect children (Car Seats); however, the child safety seats did not appear until 1962. There were two inventors who invented the child safety seats: one was Briton Jean Ames, who invented the featured a Y-strap, which was similar than the modern one. The other designer was American Len Rivkin, who invented the seat surrounded by the metal frame (A Graphic History). According to Pennsylvania’s Seat Belt Law: “Under Pennsylvania’s primary child passenger safety law, children under the age of four must be properly restrained in an approved...
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...(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, in a collision; the vehicle comes to a sudden halt, necessitating a seat belt or lap belt to confine the forward motion of driver and or passenger. While seat belts may obviate major injury when they are worn properly and function as intended, it is entirely possible that seat belts itself can cause injury to the driver or passenger. A seat belt injury may occur due to the following issues;...
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...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 4 to at least 8 years and at least 4'9" in feet (57 inches) tall should never use only a seatbelt. They must be in a belt-positioning booster with no back or a high back belt-positioning booster. • o This is...
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...This story is all about how i got pulled over for not wearing my seat belt. I was breaking the law which made me feel free for not doing what is expected of me. Not having the restraint of the belt around my chest all the way down to my hip where is clicked in to stay secure. Being able to lean freely, turn around without it rubbing on my neck or getting in my way when i reach behind my seat for when i drop something. Having the freedom to punch someone in my back seat for saying something dumb or saying something out loud since it's not intended for the ones around. All without the worry of the safety belt around my body because at that point in time i did not wear it. Even though i knew exactly what would happen if caught by the law without the safety strap around me. A thirty dollar fine for i...
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...2004 Pontiac Grand Am Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ........................... 1-1 Front Seats ............................................... 1-2 Rear Seats ............................................... 1-8 Safety Belts .............................................. 1-9 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-32 Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) ...................................... 1-54 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-61 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 Keys ........................................................ 2-2 Doors and Locks ....................................... 2-7 Windows ................................................. 2-15 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-17 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-18 Mirrors .................................................... 2-35 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-37 Sunroof .................................................. 2-38 Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-2 Climate Controls ...................................... 3-19 Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators ......... 3-22 Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-38 M Driving Your Vehicle ....................................... 4-1 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ..... 4-2 Towing ...
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...Kindergarten Health Injury Prevention and Safety Facts about the learners I have a class of ten students; there are six girls and four boys. * Two of my students have a reading disability; witch requires close attention, to make sure they fully understand the material. I group my student in groups of two placing the two students with reading disability, with strong readers. Every month I assign new groups so the get an equal learning opportunity. My students do work well independently and with others. The learn best by hands on actives, and love learning. Content/Context Description * The child will be able to identify safety rules for the home, school and the community. They will be able to tell when a situation is an emergency and what to do in case of an emergency at home, school, and in the community. The Students will be able to explain ways to stay safety when riding a bus or any other vehicle. They will learn the different between appropriate and inappropriate touching on his or hers own body. They will be able to recognize when they or others are being bullied. The students will also be able to recognize a stranger and not to trust them. The Student will also learn the danger of weapons and know how tell an adult if they see someone with a gun or a knife. Materials * A Move on “Stranger Danger” * A picture power point on safety ( covering Safety for the home, school, community and safe riding in a vehicle) * A picture power point on weapon...
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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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...In the middle of a crash, how will you protect your life? The combo of Seatbelt and airbag is probably the way to go. Seat belts stretch just enough that they decelerate a person to save their life. Plus, airbags let out air as you run into them. When a person crashes without any seatbelt or airbag, they keep going at the same speed as they were. This is because of Newton's first law, the law of inertia. It states that an object is to stay at rest until a force acts on it. The seatbelt and airbag both acts on a person to slow them down in a crash (video). In the article How do airbags save you it states that “When the body hits the steering wheel directly the force is distributed on a small area, but when the airbag is in play, the force is...
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...Running Head: Factors Affecting Highway Safety Silent Killers: Non-Conventional Factors That Affect Highway Safety Khris Downey Harding University Abstract At some point traffic safety will affect everyone. During his or her lifetime each individual will be a driver, passenger, or pedestrian. Modern day society is one dominated by the automobile. Motor vehicle accidents are the number one cause of death for people ages 1-34 (U.S. Department, 2002). In the year 2000 there were 41,611 traffic fatalities in the United States (U.S. Department, 2000) or approximately 2 fatalities every 20 minutes. During the time necessary to read this chapter two or three individuals will die in traffic related accidents. Research Design Over the past several decades, motor vehicle transportation has become the most popular mode of transportation in the United States. For the estimated 282,124,631 (U.S. Census Bureau) people living in the United States there are 221, 475, 173 registered vehicles (National Highway), that is 78.5 registered vehicles per 100 people. It is no wonder traffic safety is a growing concern throughout the United States. Americans are becoming increasingly sensitive to the dangers associated with motor vehicles. Automobile safety features are top considerations for many American automobile buyers. In a recent national survey (Home and Away) 83% of automobile buyers listed safety...
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...Not wearing a seat belt should be illegal! Stephen was traveling home on Christmas evening after returning home from a tour of duty in Iraq. Wet, icy roads caused him to lose control of his car, which rolled over 3 times. Witnesses saw him hanging upside down by his safety belt. The car was completely totaled Stephen’s life literally hanging in the balance. Many people argue that having stronger seat belt laws will reduce their personal freedom, taking away their right to choose whether or not to buckle up. However, personal freedom must be weighed against many other factors, especially safety. Not wearing a seat belt should be illegal. One reason seat belts are important is because it is the law. According to the Governors Highway Safety Association website, “seat belt laws are divided into two categories: primary and secondary. Primary seat belt laws allow law enforcement officers to ticket a driver or passenger for not wearing a seat belt, without any other traffic offence taking place. Secondary seat belt laws state that law enforcement officers may issue a ticket for not wearing a seat belt only when there is another citable traffic infraction” (“seat belt laws” web). Another reason is financial. The prices vary very different in all the states. They can be as low as 15 dollars or as high as 250 dollars for a seat belt ticket. Some states have court cost which makes the ticket more expensive. Court cost can be anywhere from 75 to 135 dollars. The most important reason...
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