2024年10月10日 · Seat belts are essential safety equipment. For drivers and front-seat passengers, using a lap and shoulder belt reduces the risk of fatal injury by 60% in an SUV, van or pickup and by 45% in a car. Although the vast majority of people buckle up, there are still some who refuse or forget. Nearly half of people who die in crashes are not belted.

2024 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Seat Belt Reminder System Test and Rating Protocol (Version II

2014年11月6日 · The lap belt should lie flat across the upper thighs and not on the tummy. To use a safety belt, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recommends that children should be able to keep their back against the seat, with their knees naturally bent over the seat edge and their feet flat on the floor.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries and property damage from motor vehicle crashes through research and evaluation and through education of consumers, policymakers and safety professionals.

Making roads and vehicles safer for everyone. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries and property damage from motor vehicle crashes through research and evaluation and through education of consumers, policymakers and safety professionals.

enfo.-cement safety belt law means that a citation can be written only after an officer stops a vl::hicle for another violation. A primary enforcement safety belt law means that a citation can be written whenevel' a law enforcement officer observes an unbelted driver. Over two-thil'ds of states in the US have l\ :.;ccondory low. Fourteen sta ...

2016年11月17日 · It is more accurately described as a belt-positioning device. IIHS rates boosters for their ability to correctly position a vehicle safety belt on a child. However, they have two other important characteristics that are separate from belt fit. One is that they boost the child up, which changes the angle at which the lap belt holds the child.

2022年12月13日 · The good-rated Escape and XC40 also showed minimal risk of any of those injuries for the second-row passenger. There was also no excessive force on the dummy’s chest or misalignment of the safety belt shoulder strap and no submarining under the lap belt or malfunctioning of the side curtain airbag.

A correct installation using the vehicle safety belt also is just as safe. In other words, use whichever method is easiest for you to achieve a good, tight installation. A tight installation means that when you push and pull on the seat where the safety belt or LATCH webbing passes through, it won't move more than 1 inch in any direction.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has evaluated the crashworthiness of the 4Runner in a 40 mph frontal offset crash test into a deformable barrier. Note: Airbag and safety belt changes beginning with 1998 and 1999 models improved the 4Runner's performance in the federal government's full-width crash test at 35 mph, which evaluates ...