Car seats became a major priority for your child's safety in the car. safety is your number one priority for your child's safety. About 30 years ago car seats weren't required for children, only half of all the children under the age of five were riding in a car seat. in the US I will give 10 common mistakes people do for your child's safety in a car and car seat. Many people don't look back on a car seat's history before buying it. You don't want a car seat more that six years old. Make sure
Car seats - 10 common mistakes More than 70 percent of car seats in The United States are used or installed incorrectly. Going from rear facing to forward sitting too early it is the American Academy of Pediatrics that recommends that kids remain rear-facing to a minimum of two years old, regardless of height or weight. The next mistake is moving on to the next level to soon. Using LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children) incorrectly. Another mistake is using aftermarket accessories. Another
Sliding off the road hanging over a cliff edge with a 40 feet drop down. Michelle Wheatley is 24 years old and if she wasn't wearing her seat belt she would have gone through the front windshield and down the cliff. I believe that people all over should wear seat belts when driving. Even though seat belt use has been proven to save lives, not everyone believes the use of seatbelts should be mandatory.They think this should be their decision and not be regulated by the government. “Statistics show
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Every 33 seconds, a child is involved in a car accident (Herrick). Do you have any younger siblings, cousins, nieces or nephews? Are any of these kids small or young enough to need some type of car seat or booster seat? I did research on the topic of child car seats and I believe that it is a very important topic. Today, I am going to try and persuade you that children should always be put in the proper safety restraint in a car. First, by looking at the current situation of child safety restraints
Are Seat-belts Safe or Unsafe? Do you put your seat belt on every time you get in the vehicle? Do you look to see if your passengers are wearing their seat belt? According to the CDC website, Vehicle accidents are one of the leading causes of death in people from the age 1 to 44. You could be the type of person to wear your seat belt every time you get in the car, or just throw it over you when you see a cop. You might get caught without our seat belt and pay a little ticket costing you around $140
The main concern of new parents is what car seat is right for their newborn baby. Not only do they have to decide what car seat is right for them they have to make the more important decision which is if they should go rear facing or forward facing. In 2008, research was done to provide the information that kids under the age of two are 75% less likely to become injured in a rear facing car seat. Rear facing and forward facing seats have pros and cons depending on the severity and type of crash
ride in a booster seat till they are at least 80 pounds or age 8. With theses booster seats we can save many lives of children. I think that kids should ride in a booster until they are age 8 or 80 pounds. Throughout this essay, you will see why riding in a booster seat is important for children safety. When children are not in their booster seats they more likely to get hurt in an accident. For example, more than a third of children were killed because they were not in a booster seat. “ Fatalities
seatbelt, find that song on the radio and begin their voyage to wherever they are going. But, on this same morning there are people who don’t put that seatbelt on and are risking their lives with every mile that they travel. The statistic show that seat belts reduce the risk of serious injury or even death by 50 percent. This statistic alone should be enough to convince anyone to click that seatbelt in. Therefore, not wearing a seatbelt should be illegal because of the lives it can save, it’s quick
Seat belts. They're pretty simple, just a strap (likely made of something simple like polyester) that covers your torso and lap in a car/truck. Their purpose is to keep you safe, but how safe can they really keep you? From a young age we're buckled into place with these, and when we can do it ourselves, constantly reminded to put them on. Some kids even go through phases of not wearing seat belts, be it to be defiant, or simply because clipping them into place is an 'inconvenience' for them. Even
their seat belts on? This is a question that children hear repeated each time their parents start the vehicle. Seat belt laws are enforced in in forty-nine of the fifty states even so; parents reiterate it time after time to keep us safe rather than just following the law. Beginning in the 1930’s, physicians determined that a lap belt should be used in automobiles to avoid serious injury or a fatality. Over the years, the simple two-point lap belt has evolved into a multiple point seat belt
Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death among those between the ages of 1-54 in the U.S. Seat belts dramatically reduce risk of death and serious injury among drivers and front-seat passengers. Seat belt use is the most effective way to save lives and reduce injuries in crashes. By the end of this speech, the class will agree that wearing your seat belt is important and that seat belts protect drivers and passengers from injury in any type of collision. The concept came about from inventor
million more than 70% of these were in passenger vehicles (Teen Driver source). Seat belts reduce the deaths from automobile collisions. Seat belts keep other passengers safe. Wearing a seat belt is the driver or passenger's choice.Not wearing a seat belt should be illegal, because it reduces deaths, they keep other passengers safe, but it is also the driver or passenger's choice. The first and greatest reason seat belt laws should be enforced is that it reduces deaths. A seatbelt can stop a person
IIn 1978, a seatbelt law began in Tennessee for infants and young children. By the middle of 1985, all 50 states and the District of Columbia had enacted any child restraint using seat belts, and then New York extended this law for other ages. The law starts requiring all front seats to use safety belts on December 1987 (Williams & Lund, p. 1438). According to 625 ILC 5/12-603.1, driver and passengers are required to use safety belt (Public). The penalty from this law, depending on the states such
When you first get into your car, what is the first thing you do? Turn the car on? Put the music on? Adjust your mirrors? What about wearing your seatbelt? Your seat belt is the one component that will keep you safe while you are driving or if you are in an accident. Many people today seem to take seatbelts for granted. Most people believe it is the only the driver and passenger`s obligation to wear a seatbelt and no one else has to wear them, but is that really true? Why do so many people take granted
Lise in the Driver's Seat - Steering off Course On a first reading, The Driver's Seat may seem to be a novel about an obsessional fear, of everything except death, held by the central character, Lise. Yet on a closer second reading of the text it becomes apparent that the novel is actually about Lise's strict conformity to the Christian faith and her constant will to die. To a person knowledgeable in the field of basic psychiatric function, it is obvious that Lise is suffering from some form
seatbelt when driving a car SPECIFIC PERPOSE To persuade my audience to use the seat belt in car. CENTRAL IDEA There are three reasons why we should use seat belt when driving which are preventing death when an accident occurs, cultivate themselves too not violate the law and protecting our passengers. INTRODUCTION I. Seatbelt is a very important component when we all drive a car or other vehicle. The main purpose of seat belts is to provide greater safety to the driver when driving car but at the
Why are seat belts important not only in cars but in all vehicles? It has been argued that there should or should not be seat belts on buses. The pro side is you should have to wear seat belts on buses and the con side is you shouldn’t have to wear seat belts on buses. I am arguing that people should have to wear seat belts on buses, because it saves lives and protects people on the roads. It has been maintained that, you shouldn’t have to wear a seatbelt on the bus. Bus drivers say that seat belts
Mandating Seat Belt Usage vs. Freedom of Choice SOC120: Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibilities 1 How do you feel when you are told what you will or will not do? You may be told that it is for your own good, but who has the right to decide what is or is not good for you? After all who knows you better than you do? This brings me to the topic of my discussion. Even though there are some statistics that may show a lower rate of injury or death if you wear a seat belt
safety features provided in vehicles. Initially, cars didn't have seat belts or airbags, which made collisions more lethal than today. Because of traffic fatalities, car companies began studying physics in order to create better, safer vehicles. One of these innovations was the seat belt. The seat belt was added to cars in 1955 by Volvo. Since then, seat belts have become standard equipment in every automobile, but this doesn’t mean the seat belt was perfect when it was first introduced. Obviously, any