Why you should wear a seat belt

Why you should wear a seat belt

Why you should wear a seat belt,  Wearing seat belts is one of the safety precautions for drivers and passengers. While some people ignore this call, it is important doing so. First, having a seat belt when driving or getting a lift in a safari vehicle can save your life, only when you wear it as it should be.

First, make sure that the shoulder belt properly goes over your shoulders and not under the arm. In addition to being snugged to the body. However, if the shoulder belt is worn wrongly and you unfortunately get involved in an accident. There are chances that it will crush your ribs or even affect your internal organs.

For the lap belt, make sure that it is worn properly and placed over the hips and not across your stomach. Therefore, the following are the reasons why you should wear seat belts as all times. When driving or being driven, whether you on self-drive or with a driver you can even be penalized when driving without a seat belt;

Why you should wear a seat belt

Do you know how many lives would have been saved if victims were wearing seatbelts during accidents? Countless! Why you should wear a seat belt. The bottom line is that seatbelts are fundamental in saving lives. When accidents happen because the driver and/or passengers are kept in a static motion regardless of whether a car suddenly stopped or when there was change in momentum.

Cars usually move with inertia (the state of an object being in motion unless stopped or changed by an external force). Having known this, people in the car are likely to continue being in motion. When the moving car crushes with another object hence toasting passengers about and outside the car.

Why you should wear a seat belt

You will notice that many passengers or drivers who pull through after car crashes. Normally sustain serious or minor injuries. The severity of these injuries is sometimes determined by whether seatbelts were on. Or not hence having seatbelts on means there will be a reduction in risk of injuries-broken bones, whiplash, spinal cord injuries or head injuries.

Why you should wear a seat belt

Why you should wear a seat belt, Another reason why you should wear a seatbelt is to keep passengers in place when inertia is unavoidable. As you are being toasted left, right, center, up and down with so much pressure. Chances are high that you won’t get serious injury if you have a seatbelt on. Whether in the front and back seat, it is important for passengers to wear seat belts.

Airbags can’t function alone

This doesn’t mean airbags don’t function but they go hand in hand. With the seatbelts in protecting you when accidents happen. If you have been involved in an accident before, you will most likely witness that the force from airbags sometimes adversely cause injuries. And for some passengers or drivers led to death, especially when not wearing seatbelt.

Avoid incidences of auto insurance declining from covering damages in event of a car crash, for not wearing a seat belt

When you get involved in an accident, irrespective of fault, most insurance policies have a clause that indicates that you will not be compensated for any damages (on the vehicle or for personal injuries).  If you were not wearing seat-belts. This will therefore deter you from receiving your reimbursement. And therefore to avoid this, make sure that your seat-belt is well worn and fastened.

It is the law and failure to do so attracts fines

According to the Traffic and Road Safety Act of 2004, drivers and passengers who don’t buckle seat belts. Will pave to pay a fine of up to Shs. 20,000 (about $6) and therefore you can save your money for other expenses like buying water or snacks in addition to staying safe by simply wearing your seat-belt.