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Monday January 08, 2007

Belt Up!

Last weeks terrible coach crash had me thinking about seat belts given that it appears a lot of the injuries may have been prevented if people had been wearing their seat belts. It is law for folks over fourteen to wear belts nowadays in buses. First complaint is why this age? Surely children should be protected as well and the buses like airlines should have belts available for them. The bus company insist they use all three methods required of them to inform passengers they need to wear their belts I was wondering if an indication of a passenger not wearing his/her belt would be useful but even if the bus driver driver refuses to move on until everyone has put their belts on as soon as he is driving folks can undo the buckle. I then thought of a safety video. Show a bus in an accident with dummies in it where none of them are wearing belts. But I suppose we don't want to scare any children on the bus I suppose - who don't have a belt they can wear...

I am amused on airplanes when the seat belt sign goes off after take off. In the cabin you hear this repeated click as people undo their belts. I keep mine on. I wonder wether as airlines recommend people always wear their belts the sign should always stay on.

( Jan 08 2007, 12:00:02 AM PST ) Permalink Comments [1]

Comments:

an indicator means nothing and it wont be helpfull quote the story few years back my best mates dad got a brand new car the ones with the noise alert when driver is not wearing the seatbelt. Due to personal references he did not like the idea of been forced to wear a seatbelt so he just pushed it from the back of his seat and clip'd it. Noise gone indicator happy. workarounds not possible as a desinger should consider bigger sized people and there would always be enough lenght on the seatbelt to workaround it. There could be possibilities of preventing this but i cannot think of one in a cost effective manner.

Posted by Yannis on January 09, 2007 at 09:29 AM PST #