Seatbelt

Car safety is synonymous to wear a seat belt. According to a safety belt study conducted By James Madison University in the United State (US), "wearing a safety belt is the best defense a motorist can employ against the unpredictability of a drunk driver's action."

          During an accident, seat belts minimize injuries by preventing the wearer from being thrown out of the vehicle or from crashing with  the hard surfaces of the car's interior. Most seat belt have locking mechanism that provides for extension and retraction. During normal conditions,a passenger can lean forward easily while the belt stays in place. However, during a crash, the belt will tighten up to hold the wearer in place. Today, newer seat belts come with a pretensioner, which is set to actually pull in on the belt in the event of a collision. Pretensioners work electronically.

Both straps should be snugly fitted to the wearer.

This ensures that upon collision, the impact is transferred

to parts that can handle it-The hipbones and shoulders.

          The invention of the seat belt is being credited to George Cayley, an English baronet, consider as the Father of  Aviation, in the 1800s. Seat belt became popular around 1930s when they became common feathers in air crafts.