Using Seat Belts

Why use seat belts Riding in a car you and the car have the same motion. When the brakes are applied, the brakes stop the car. What stops you Eventually the steering wheel, the dashboard, or the window unless they are replaced by a seat belt, which stops your body. When the accelerator is depressed with the car in gear the motor turns the wheels and the car moves forward. What moves you forward As the car moves forward the seatback comes forward, contacts, you and pushes you forward. 

Figure 7 8. Fatality/injury ratios for vehicle occupants using and not using seat belts as a function of age. (data source NHTSA, 2005).

People with of higher socio-economic status are more likely to use seat belts than people of lower socio-economic status, based on education (Shinar, 1993 Shinar etaL, 2001), home value (Shinar, 1993), blue versus white collar occupation (Shinar, 1993), and income (Chaudhary et aL, 2004 Chaudhary and Norflirup, 2004 Lemer et al., 2001 Shinar etaL, 2001). 

Low-accident drivers and accident-free drivers are more likely to use seat belts than high accident drivers (Koushki and Bustan, 2006). 

Using seat belts is an important truck operator behavior that should be fostered. Drivers should understand the value of seat belts when an accident occurs (especially during rollovers or loss of control of the vehicle). Data indicate that drivers have been killed when they tried to jump clear of a runaway truck. Seat belts also reduce jolting and jarring injuries during normal loading or hauhng activities. 

Failing to use seat belt while operating CMV Seat Belt 7 Y... 

Use of seat belts Proportion of drivers and passengers that use seat belts 95%... 

The seat belt use evidence gives a clear indication of how useful our individual net benefit approach is for understanding traffic safety behavior. Studies of usage show that sufficient incentive, information and competency exists for different people in different travel situations to use seat belts differently in accordance with their own evaluation of the net benefits. 

Underlining that the reasons for road traffic deaths and injuries and their consequences are known and can be prevented and that these reasons include inappropriate and excessive speeding drinking and driving failure to appropriately use seat-belts, child restraints, helmets and other safety equipment ... 

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