Vehicle safety device to protect against injury during collisions and sudden stop
This article is about the safety device. For the band, see Seatbelts (band).
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A seat belt, also known as a safety belt or spelled seatbelt, is a vehicle safety device designed to secure the driver or a passenger of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop. A seat belt reduces the likelihood of death or serious injury in a traffic collision by reducing the force of secondary impacts with interior strike hazards, by keeping occupants positioned correctly for maximum effectiveness of the airbag (if equipped), and by preventing occupants being ejected from the vehicle in a crash or if the vehicle rolls over.
When in motion, the driver and passengers are traveling at the same speed as the vehicle. If the vehicle suddenly stops or crashes, the occupants continue at the same speed the vehicle was going before it stopped. A seat belt applies an opposing force to the driver and passengers to prevent them from falling out or making contact with the interior of the car (especially preventing contact with, or going through, the windshield). Seat belts are considered primary restraint systems (PRSs), because of their vital role in occupant safety.
A seatbelt, also known as a safety belt or spelled seatbelt, is a vehicle safety device designed to secure the driver or a passenger of a vehicle against...
Seatbelt legislation requires the fitting of seatbelts to motor vehicles and the wearing of seatbelts by motor vehicle occupants to be mandatory. Laws...
Most seatbelt laws in the United States are left to state law. However, the recommended age for a child to sit in the front passenger seat is 13. The...
Seatbelt syndrome is a collective term that includes all injury profiles associated with the use of seatbelts. It is defined classically as a seat belt...
Seatbelt legislation in Canada is left to the provinces. All provinces in Canada have primary enforcement seatbelt laws, which allow a police officer...
ensure seatbelt compatibility. Many jurisdictions require children defined by age, weight, and/or height to use a government-approved child safety seat when...
of seatbelt use rates (percent) in various countries worldwide. Seatbelt use rates in 2017 metrics might be part of some safety process. Seatbelt legislation...
force is distributed over the entire seat back, instead of the straps of the seatbelt. The argument against such seats has been based on passenger comfort...
equip buses with two-point lap seatbelts (Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey and New York), only New Jersey requires seatbelt usage by riders. In other states...
Seatbelt use rates in the United States have been rising steadily since 1983, from 14% to 90% in 2016. Seatbelt use in the country in 2016 ranged from...
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barriers at oval tracks, setting rigorous new inspection rules for seats and seat-belts, and developing a roof-hatch escape system and the Car of Tomorrow—which...
injury, rather than light injury; wearing a seatbelt reduces the risk of death by about 45 percent. Seatbelt use is controversial, with notable critics...
Airplane airbags are airbags that are located in the seatbelts on some airplanes. They are designed to lessen the impact of crashes with minor injuries...
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under eighteen must use a seatbelt). Some states also require rear seat occupants to wear seatbelts. In 24 states, the seatbelt law is considered to be...
on driving behavior, including speed limits, passing regulations, and seatbelt requirements. Driving while intoxicated with alcohol is illegal in all...
excessive flexion of the spine. Symptoms may include abdominal bruising (seatbelt sign), or less commonly paralysis of the legs. In around half of cases...
were typically equipped with bucket seats, to help keep occupants on board, in an era before the adoption of seatbelts.: 78, 116, 132, 136 : 22 This body...
his family's yacht, the Jonikal. Neither Fayed nor Diana was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The only survivor of the crash was bodyguard...
shoulders. It is attached only to the helmet, not to the belts, the driver's body, or the seat; the helmet is attached to the device with the help of an...
the seatbelts; AU campaign) or "make it click" (click of the seatbelt; McDonalds campaign) or "click it or ticket" (click of the connecting seatbelt, with...
company started to research seatbelts. Later they incorporated as "Takata". In the 1960s, Takata started to sell seat-belts and built Japan's first crash...
rear wheel bearings, rear wheel steering (where appropriate) and rear seatbelts 1992 – a stricter tyre tread depth requirement for most vehicles 1994...
driver/passenger would have to lean forward and out of the vehicle to close it. As seatbelts were not in common use at that time, the risk of falling out of the car...
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