ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE SEAT BELT AND THE FACTS!

The author outlines the development of the modern seat belt and presents statistics for the effects of seat belt usage. The case of Switzerland in particular is described, where successive introduction and repealing of seat belt legislation led to marked changes in seat belt usage and number of fatalities. The arguments against the use of seat belts are then discussed. These include injuries caused by the belt, difficulties in manoevering a vehicle while wearing a belt and problems of escape in the case of fire. The relative advantages of being thrown out of a car in the event of a collision, in particular the effect on pregnant women is also discussed. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 856301.

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• Corporate Authors:

  International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine

  Huddinge University Hospital Center, Traffic Medicine Center
  Stockholm,   Sweden  141 86
• Authors:
  • ANDREASSON, R
• Publication Date: 1992

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 67-71
• Serial:
  • INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM "ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS", FEBRUARY 9-12 1992 RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL PART (SIC) (JOURNAL OF TRAFFIC MEDICINE VOLUME 20 NUMBER 4. SUPPLEMENT)
  • Publisher: International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine
  • ISSN: 0345-5564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Fatalities; Manual safety belts; Statistics
• Geographic Terms: Switzerland
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 1602: Fatality; 1476: Safety belt; 6555: Statistics; 8110: Switzerland
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00632798
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 1 1993 12:00AM