TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY

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TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY

• When seat belts are used, the risk of fatal
  injury to front-seat passenger car occupants is
  reduced by 45

BUCKLE UP - FOR EVERYONES SAKE
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WHAT EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS

• A seatbelt works best when
• The shoulder belt is over your shoulder, not
  under your arm or behind your back
• Lap belt is across your hips, not your abdomen

• Seatbelts help the driver keep control
• If you are hit from the side, or make a quick
  turn, the force could push you sideways. You
  cannot steer the vehicle if you are not behind
  the wheel. Your seatbelt will hold you in place.

• Airbags cannot offer the protection of the
  seatbelt
• Airbags are good protection against hitting the
  steering wheel, dashboard or windshield - they do
  not protect you if you are hit from the side or
  rear or if the vehicle rolls over.

there should be a seatbelt for every person in
the vehicle
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DONT RISK YOUR CHILDS LIFE

• Children should be properly secured in in an
  approved car seat - make sure it is right for
  their age and size.

Dont secure your child in the front passenger
side if your car has airbags. If you are in a
crash and the bag opens, your child could be
injured or worse.
If you crash, and your child is not strapped in,
you will NOT be STRONG enough or FAST enough to
hold them. Its a needless risk.
Never put a child in the luggage or hatchback
compartment, unless in a safety seat specifically
designed for that purpose.
Read and follow the instructions.
Lead by example - make sure your children buckle
up every time
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BACKSEAT PASSENGERS
UK statistics reveal that only 48 of adults wear
rear seatbelts compared to 92 of front
passengers. What those 48 should know ...

• An unbelted backseat passenger travelling in a
  car that crashes at 30mph will continue to travel
  forward - into the front seat - at 30mph. An
  unrestrained child will probably pass between the
  front seats and into the dashboard or windshield.
• Backseat passengers who do not wear their
  seatbelt are likely to suffer chest injuries,
  broken ribs, broken hips, broken thighs, facial
  wounds, fractured skull or abdominal injuries
• Backseat passengers who do not wear their
  seatbelts are three times as likely suffer death
  or serious injury as passengers who are wearing a
  seatbelt.

Backseat passengers flying into the front seat
are at risk of killing front seat occupants
because of the impact.
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COMMON MISBELIEFS ABOUT SEATBELTS

• Seatbelts can trap you inside a car

WRONG. It takes less than a second to undo a
seatbelt. Collisions where a vehicle catches
fire or sinks in deep water and you are trapped
seldom happen. Even if they do, a seatbelt may
keep you from being knocked out. Your chance to
escape will be better if you are conscious.
Seatbelts are good on long trips, but not
important in town
WRONG. Over half of all traffic deaths happen
within 25 miles of home. Many of them occur on
roads posted at less than 45 mph.
Some people are thrown clear in a crash and walk
away with hardly a scratch.
WRONG. Your chances of surviving a crash are
much better if you stay inside the vehicle.
Seatbelts keep you from being thrown out of the
vehicle into the path of another one.
If I get hit from the side, I am better being
thrown across the car, away from the crash point
WRONG. Simple physics. When a vehicle is hit
from the side, it will move sideways. Everything
that is not fastened down, including passengers,
will slide toward the point of the crash. NOT
AWAY FROM IT.
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If you need proof ...
FATAL CAR ACCIDENT - TENGIZ - AUGUST 2001
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buckle up - for everyone's sake