Reasons why you must wear a seat belt when sitting in a car
Wearing a seat belt while driving or riding in a car can save your life. However, not everyone has the habit of wearing this every time they get behind the wheel.
Car seat belts are only effective when worn correctly. They should be worn over the shoulders and snugly against the body. The lap belt should be worn low on the hips, not across the abdomen. If not worn correctly, the driver is likely to suffer broken ribs and internal organ damage in an accident.
So, why do we have to wear seat belts when driving? Below are 10 reasons why you should definitely wear a seat belt when driving.
Seat belts are the number one safety device in cars.
Although new cars are equipped with many other safety devices, the seat belt is still the most necessary and important device. It will still be an indispensable part of cars in the future.
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| Wearing a seat belt is the first thing to remember when you drive. |
Protect the face area
If the car is going at 70-10 km/h and suddenly stops, you will be thrown forward at the same speed. However, the seat belt will help you "overcome" the inertia. It will protect your head and face from hitting the windshield. This will help you avoid head and face injuries.
Seat belts keep you from being thrown out of the car.
In many cases, the car may roll over or the door may fly open in a collision. The seat belt will prevent the occupants from being thrown out of the car.
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| Seat belts keep you from being thrown out of the car. |
Not only that, the seat belt can help us avoid collision with the steering wheel, doors and other parts of the car due to inertia. It will protect us in case of emergency.
Help people in the car avoid colliding with each other
One of the causes of passenger injury in an accident is the driver and passengers colliding with each other. The seat belt will fix the position of each person. It will help us not collide with the people around when the car stops suddenly, flips or turns sideways on the road.
Keeps you safer when the airbag deploys
Airbags may not work if the driver is not wearing a seatbelt. We can still be thrown out of the car or hit other parts of the car. So wearing a seatbelt will help us to be in a position that is favorable for the airbag to work.
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| Safer when airbags deploy |
Safety ropes ensure escape in case of fire or explosion.
When a car accident occurs and the people in the car are injured, it will be very difficult to move. It will make the victim not strong enough to escape. Therefore, it can also cause the driver and passengers to be injured a second time, even death when the car explodes. Seat belts will help the driver and passengers not to be injured when the car has an accident. This will help us to quickly escape from the car. It will help us avoid disaster when the car explodes or falls into the water.
Pregnant women should wear seat belts.
Pregnant women must wear seat belts to protect their precious children. When pregnant, women should wear seat belts low on the pelvis, avoiding the lap belt on the abdomen.
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| Pregnant women need to wear seat belts |
Not wearing a seat belt is against the law.
Clause 1, Article 5, Decree 46/2016/ND-CP stipulates the penalty for drivers and passengers in cars and similar vehicles violating road traffic rules: not wearing seat belts or carrying passengers without seat belts (in locations equipped with seat belts) will be fined from 100,000 VND to 200,000 VND.
How many lives were saved by seat belts?
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), from 1975 to 2016, seat belts saved 345,000 lives in the US. In 2015 alone, 14,000 lives were saved.
According to NHTSA, Americans are very conscious of wearing seat belts when traveling by car. Up to 90% of people in cars in the US wear seat belts. In Japan, the rate of people wearing seat belts is over 90%. Meanwhile, this habit is only followed by 20% of Vietnamese people participating in traffic by car.
