Penza State Traffic Inspectorate explained why the belt is important even in the back seat
Police say safety belts save lives
The police say that the seat belt saves life. According to statistics, in car accidents, he helped save about 70 percent of people. With a frontal collision, the belt reduces the risk of death of the driver by 2.3 times, with a lateral one by 1.8 times, with a rollover by 5 times. In aviation belts have been used for a hundred years, in cars for more than half a century. However, some drivers are still wondering if they should wear a seat belt. Demand creates myths, and facts refute them.
The first myth is that you can not fasten in the back seat. This is not only dangerous for the passenger. In an accident, an unfastened person beats everything around with a force of several tons. Even a dead passenger can cause fatal injuries. And when rolling over, there is simply no alternative to the belt.
The second myth states that the belt will prevent you from getting out of a burning or sinking car. Such incidents occur infrequently, and the main danger is still the impact preceding a fire or fall into the water. In most cases, after a blow, an unfastened person receives serious injuries and loses the opportunity to get out of a burning or sinking car.
The third myth says that in an accident it is better to be thrown out of the car. In fact, the body is specially designed to soften the impact due to the deformation zones and not allow it to fully fold. A person flying out of the car is not protected from impact on other transport, road or roadside structures.
The fourth myth is that belts are uncomfortable. Discomfort from them is minimal: you just need to stretch the belt around you and fasten the buckle. These inconveniences are incomparable to injuries that can be sustained in an accident.
The fifth myth is that seat belts are not needed in the city. But at the time of the accident, most of the unfastened victims were traveling at speeds up to 50 km / h. The force of impact on a stationary obstacle at this speed is equal to a fall from the fourth floor.
