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Safety Belts and The Seat Belt Law

May 11, 2011 By (Edit)

As early as the 1950’s, retractable seat belts have been in fashion in every car manufactured by famous automotive companies. Back then, seat belts were nothing but a misused car accessory. Its safety features aren’t really magnified. Seat belts can actually minimize and even prevent the ‘second impact’ in a crash; this impact is known to causes serious injuries, which may soon lead to coma, and death. Another protection seat belts offer is that it somewhat halts the wearer from being thrown from his seat during collision, or when the car comes to a sudden stop; they absorb inertia, allowing you to slow down.

The most basic seat belts provided by manufacturers in common cars are known as the three-point lap-and-shoulder safety belts. From the name itself, it straps around the driver’s and the passenger’s shoulder and both sides of the lap. This is known to be the best means of protection in almost all types of crash. Wearing safety belts will significantly lower the risk of being injured or killed in a crash. Another type of seat belt is the two-point lap safety belt. It most often installed in the center rear seat of cars. However, it won’t provide the same protection as that of a three-point lap-and-shoulder safety belt. Once locked, the safety belts should close-fit the wearer’s body.  Retracting safety belts allows adjustments and has proper anchorage of the shoulder and lap straps.  This allows the belt to be worn with ease.  It may not completely stop the wearer from forward movement at least it can minimize the possibility of fatality and serious injuries.

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