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In the News (Sun 15 Nov 09)

  
  Seat Belts: Stay Safe and Secure
A seat belt should not be worn twisted, as the full width of the belt is required to spread motor vehicle collision forces across the body.
Wearing a seat belt loosely or placing the shoulder belt under the arm or behind your back instead of across the chest, could, in the case of a collision or sudden stop, result in an injury-producing impact with the vehicle interior, or ejection from the vehicle.
To effectively use a seat belt, a child must be able to sit with legs bent comfortably over the vehicle seat and with his or her back fully against the back of the vehicle seat.
www.mto.gov.on.ca /english/safety/seatbelt.htm   (1454 words)

  
 Seat belt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seat belts are intended to reduce injuries by stopping the wearer from hitting hard interior elements of the vehicle or from being thrown from the vehicle.
Seat belts were first invented by George Cayley in the 1800s.
Seat belts were introduced in aircraft for the first time in 1913, by Adolphe Pegoud, who became the first man to fly a plane upside-down.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seat_belt   (1302 words)

  
 Seat Belt Syndrome
A child who is too small for the seat belt system tends to slouch down until their knees reach the edge of the seat.
During a crash, using a lap belt alone, the body is propelled forward, jack-knifing over the lap belt that can cause serious internal injuries, and the head strikes the back of the front seat, rolling backward as the body continues in its downward arc, breaking the neck.
Unfortunately, this child was too small to be in a seat belt alone, and was not in a child safety seat that could have saved her life.
www.eastlakefirerescue.com /elweb/seat_belt_syndrome.htm   (1365 words)

  
 The Seat Belt Convincer
The Seat Belt Convincer demonstrates the importance of wearing seat belts to a diverse group of individuals.
While tougher seat belt laws and enforcement programs are in place and nationwide advertising campaigns have been undertaken, the rate of adoption has not continued to increase.
Seat belt use is the single most effective method a person can use to prevent deaths and injuries and reduce the costs associated with motor vehicle crashes.
www.seatbeltconvincer.com   (222 words)

  
 Child Trends DataBank - Seat Belt Use   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Seat belt use among children under age eight has recently declined from 88 percent in 2002, the first year for which such data are available, to 82 percent in 2004, largely due to decreases among children ages four to seven.
The percentage of youth ages 16 to 24 using seat belts increased from 53 percent in 1994 to 78 percent in 2005.
The drop was largely due to decreases in seat belt use among children ages four to seven (from 83 percent in 2002 to 73 percent in 2004).
www.childtrendsdatabank.org /indicators/45SeatBeltUse.cfm   (991 words)

  
 Auto Safety
Infant car seats should always be installed to face the rear of the car because in a crash an infant's soft spinal column can stretch and the spinal cord can be damaged if he or she is riding facing forward.
Convertible seats are the only type of seats that are placed in different positions depending on your child's age: They face toward the rear until your baby is 20 to 35 pounds (10 to 16 kilograms) and at least 1 year old and can be turned to face forward after that.
A child may stop using a booster seat when the child is big enough to use the vehicle's lap and shoulder belts while sitting with his or her back against the vehicle's seat back and his or her knees bent over the edge of the seat without slouching.
kidshealth.org /parent/firstaid_safe/travel/auto.html   (4017 words)

  
 Seat Belt Defects
The Takata seat belt buckles manufactured by Takata Corporation were used in nearly in all the FRONT seats and some BACK seats of nine million cars, trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUV) between 1986 and 1991.
When the shoulder belt was slack, one could tug slightly downward on the belt causing the retractor to activate and the belt to tighten up against the body.
In other words, if the belt is connected to the door and the door opens in a crash then the occupant is effectively left unrestrained and subject to the perils associated with ejection.
www.seatbeltdefects.com   (2042 words)

  
 Vince & Larry's Seat Belt Room   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The lap belt or lap portion of the lap/shoulder belt should be adjusted so it is low and snug across the pelvis/lap area.
Holding you in your seat with a safety belt allows you to stop as the car is stopping, thereby enabling you to "ride-down" the crash.
During a crash, safety belts distribute the forces of rapid deceleration over larger and stronger parts of the body such as the chest, hips and shoulders.
www.nhtsa.dot.gov /kids/research/seatbelt   (807 words)

  
 State of New Jersey
Approximately 700 unbuckled drivers and front seat passengers were thrown out of their vehicles during crashes and killed in the past 10 years.
Applies to all passengers, who are at least 8 years of age but less than 18 years of age, and each driver and front seat passenger of a passenger automobile, operated on a street or highway.
If there is no rear seat, the child must sit in the front seat secured by a child safety seat or booster seat.
www.nj.gov /lps/hts/seatbelts.html   (386 words)

  
 The Great Seat Belt Debate
Lap belts (left) are a 2-point belt system that anchors the user on both the right and left side of their lap.
Lap/shoulder belts (right) are a 3-point belt system that anchors the user on both the right and left side of their lap AND at the shoulder, typically nearest the side door.
However, since lap/shoulder belts are now far and away the most prevalent type of "belt" system in passenger motor vehicles, it is likely that many people who read or hear the terms "seat belt" or "safety belt" believe that it referred to lap/shoulder belts, when if fact the term referred to lap belts.
www.ncsbs.org /news_2004/seat-belt-debate.htm   (964 words)

  
 Seat belt legislation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seat belt legislation is a law or laws put in place to enforce or require the wearing of seat belts while person is driving, or there are passengers in the front or back seats.
As a result of such predictions the use of seat belts by vehicle occupants was made compulsory in Victoria, Australia in 1970, followed by the rest of Australia and other countries during the 1970s and 1980s.
Belt laws, which tend to lead to substantial changes in wearing rates over very short periods, would, if the predictions of up to 50% reductions in fatalities are correct, be expected to demonstrate large scale step changes in fatality figures.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seat_belt_legislation   (2839 words)

  
 NJ L&PS: Highway Traffic Safety: Seat Belt Safety
Approximately 700 unbuckled drivers and front seat passengers were thrown out of their vehicles during crashes and killed in the past 10 years.
Applies to all passengers, who are at least 8 years of age but less than 18 years of age, and each driver and front seat passenger of a passenger automobile, operated on a street or highway.
If there is no rear seat, the child must sit in the front seat secured by a child safety seat or booster seat.
www.state.nj.us /lps/hts/seatbelts.html   (407 words)

  
 Seat belt safety - Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Safety belts are the most effective means of saving lives and reducing serious injuries in traffic crashes.
In Wisconsin, drivers and occupants of vehicles are subject to a fine for not wearing their seat belts.
Safety belts, air bags and proper child safety seats, when used consistently and correctly, can significantly reduce the rate of injury in a crash.
www.dot.wisconsin.gov /safety/vehicle/seatbelt   (232 words)

  
 SADD Seat Belts
We all know seat belts save lives, but teenagers today still do not wear their seat belts, and they are dying as a result.
Give a candy bar to those who were wearing their seat belt and give a note to those who were not that says, "Please buckle up." Keep count of the number of people who wore their seat belts and the number who did not.
Indicate the number of seat belt users from the first seat belt check and continue to paint in the progress as you go.
www.sadd.org /campaign/seatbelt.htm   (535 words)

  
 Seat Belt Class FAQs
The course was mandated for a violation of certain laws involving the restraint of a child in a motor vehicle by House Bill 1739, 77th Texas Legislature, which amended Section 545.412 and Section 545.413 of the Texas Transportation Code.
This specialized driving safety course includes four hours of information on child passenger safety seat systems and the wearing of seat belts, the effectiveness of child passenger safety seat systems and seat belts in reducing the harm to children being transported in motor vehicles, and the requirements of the law and the penalty for noncompliance.
Although there are some similarities, the Seat Belt certificate is tan-colored, has a picture of a seat belt in the lower right corner, and has a unique number beginning with the letter "S".
www.tea.state.tx.us /drive/specfaq.html   (848 words)

  
 Seat Belt Motion Papers
In the body of the Motion, a comparison was made between the NYS seat belt law and the NYS immunization law that was twice found unconstitutional because it originally did not contain a religious exemption.
SEAT BELT IS DENIAL OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE: As someone who has over the course of the last 30 years intimately embraced the spiritual teachings of Jesus and TheWay, I have been able to access the inner Kingdom and learn directly from the Source of all Knowledge and Revelation.
To put on a seat belt and surrender to the thinking of those who are of a Darwinist mindset, is a denial of this inner higher reality -- and it would be paramount to worshiping a false god of this world.
ebionite.com /seatbeltmotion.htm   (3470 words)

  
 CNN.com - U.S. safety group: More seat belt enforcement needed - May 21, 2001
Although belt use has risen from 58 percent in 1997 to 71 percent, according to the report, the nation failed to achieve a Clinton administration goal of 85 percent.
The report says the poor showing is based on weak seat belt laws that do not allow law enforcement to stop unbelted drivers, low seat belt use and large numbers of fatalities in those states.
According to the report, safety campaigns that focus only on driver education are ineffective in raising seat belt use and lowering fatalities on the road.
archives.cnn.com /2001/US/05/21/seat.belts   (797 words)

  
 Georgia's Seat Belt Law
The safety belts may be installed by the manufacturer prior to delivery to the dealer, as they many be installed by the dealer.
If the vehicle has no rear seating position appropriate for correctly restraining a child or all appropriate rear seating positions are occupied by other children, any such child may be properly restrained in a front seat consistent with the requirements of this paragraph;
Each occupant of the front seat of a passenger vehicle shall, while such passenger vehicle is being operated on a public road, street or highway of this state, be restrained by a seat safety belt approved under the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208.
www.gohs.state.ga.us /seatbeltlaw.html   (1005 words)

  
 CNN.com - Seat belt use rises in 40 states - Nov. 18, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: )
NHTSA released the data as part of a national push for primary seat belt laws that allow police to ticket motorists for failing to buckle up.
It renewed the call for all states to pass primary seat belt laws in response to a recent report by the private National Safety Council, which estimated 12,178 people died between 1995 and 2002 because 30 states have refused to pass primary belt laws.
Twenty-nine states have secondary seat belt laws that allow police to ticket motorists for not wearing a seat belt only if they're pulled over for another violation.
cnn.com /2003/TRAVEL/11/18/seat.belt.use.ap/index.html   (378 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - 37 states improve seat belt use rates   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The national seat belt use rate in 2004 was 80%, also an all-time high.
Mississippi improved its seat belt use rate by 1.6% but still had the lowest rate in the nation at 63.2%.
Primary seat belt laws, which allow police to stop a motorist for not wearing a seat belt, also may increase use levels, NHTSA said.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-11-23-seat-belts_x.htm   (474 words)

  
 Seat Belts Should Fit EVERY Body: How to Get Seat Belt Extenders for Your Vehicle
This is done by providing a seat belt extender, which is a piece of seat belt material about 8" long with a buckle on the end of it that clicks into the existing seat belt.
I doubt if all the seat belt extenders will be offered for free but it seems really strange to me that some dealerships (individually owned, I was told) are aware and supportive of the problem while Saturn itself is not.
The extenders are abailable in 9", 12" and 15" extension for the front belts, 9" and 12" for rear lapbelts, and 9", 12" and 15" extension for rear 3-point belts.
www.ifisher.com /getbelts.htm   (2602 words)

  
 Replacement seat belts for Cars, Trucks, Vans, Jeeps, Classic Cars, Vintage, Street Rods & RV's
Our seat belts are a universal product and with little or no modification will work in any vehicle.
Generally, if you are replacing a seat belt with one of the same style, little or no modification should be necessary.
When installing a seat belt into a vehicle that previously did not have them or upgrading a vehicle with a different style seat belt, retrofitting may be required.
www.gotbelts.com   (497 words)

  
 Dog Seat Belt, dog car seat, and Safety Restraint for pets to travel safely in a car.
Seat belts for pets protect not only the animal, but the drivers and passengers in a car or truck as well.
The dog seat belt Easily slips onto your existing vehicle seat belt as shown in the picture to the left.
The canine seat belt can also be used as a front end walking harness without making any modifications.
www.petsafetybelts.com   (789 words)

  
 Seat Belt Safety
Ask passengers in the front and rear seats to use their safety belts.
Any person who operates a motor vehicle without a safety belt, and any person sixteen years of age or over who rides as a passenger in a motor vehicle without wearing a safety belt in violation of this section, shall be subject to a fine of twenty-five dollars.
A violation of this section shall not be considered as a conviction of a moving violation of the motor vehicle laws for the purpose of determining surcharges on motor vehicle premiums pursuant to section one hundred and thirteen B of chapter one hundred and seventy-five
www.ddat.com /dare/saf-seatbelts.htm   (718 words)

  
 School Bus Transportation News at STN Media
Usage of the lap-shoulder belts would be mandatory for all passengers; congruently, the law would neither hold liable the school district, school-bus company nor the driver in the event of passenger injury due to improperly adjusted or fastened seat belts.
Meanwhile, the Tennessee state legislature formed a committee to investigate the possibility of requiring three-point lap/shoulder seat belts on school buses and was planning the bill draft process.
If a seat belt mandate is passed, he told School Transportation News the state should provide the necessary funding instead of placing the burden on local government or school districts.
www.stnonline.com /stn/occupantrestraint/seatbelthistory   (3592 words)

  
 Texas Department of Public Safety - Courtesy, Service, Protection
(2) transporting a child in a vehicle in which all seating positions equipped with child passenger safety seat systems or safety belts are occupied.
(3) is occupying a seat that is equipped with a safety belt; and
(c) A passenger vehicle  or a seat in a passenger vehicle  is considered to be equipped with a safety belt if the vehicle is required under Section 547.601 to be equipped with safety belts.
www.txdps.state.tx.us /director_staff/public_information/seatbelt.htm   (1476 words)

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