As per the NHTSA, more than 15,000 lives are saved each year in the US just because the passengers and the driver were wearing their respective seat belts at the time of the accident. So how can a simple seat belt save a whole lot of lives? We’ll see to that in this presentation.

1. How can seatbelts
save lives?

2. As per the NHTSA, more than 15,000 lives are saved each year in
the US just because the passengers and the driver were wearing
their respective seat belts at the time of the accident. So how can
a simple seat belt save a whole lot of lives? We’ll see to that in
this presentation.
Introduction

3. Keep occupants INSIDE the car
There’s a notion in general that it’s better to get thrown out of
the car at the time of the accident. Now that’s completely wrong.
People thrown out of the car are more than likely to be killed in
comparison to the ones who remain inside. Seat belts help to
restrain the occupants inside the car at the time of the accident;
a process that can actually save a life.

4. restrain vital contact points
Seat belts are designed to restraint the strongest contact points
of your body. For older kids and adults, these are basically the
hips and the shoulder. By restraining those parts at the time of
collision, it helps to prevent significant damage from occurring in
those parts.

5. spreads out collision force
Seat belts help to spread out the collision force over a
wide area of the body. This helps to prevent the
occurrence of stress only on a particular area of the body
which can help you avoid serious life-threatening injuries.

6. Protects your brain & spine
A seat belt is tailor made to protect your these 2 critical areas of
your body. Head and spinal cord injuries can really cause
permanent damage in individuals and some cases it might result
in instant death. A seat belt helps to minimize the risk of a spine
or head injury.

7. slows down the body
Many accident injuries occur as a result of a quick change in
speed. Seat belts help to extend the time it takes for you to slow
down during the crash. This tends to reduce the risk of serious
injury.

8. Extra facts
• 75% of passengers thrown out of the car during crash die.
• If you are in a crash at 30mph, you’ll be hurled forward with a
force that’s almost 60 times more than your current
bodyweight.
• All of you car safety features are designed in the assumption
that you’ll wear a seatbelt during the drive.
SO BUCKLE UP AT ALL COST…

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