A good reason why you should put on ur seat belt

[RadX]

but if you drive... bound to fetch people one. haa.

like you go out till late with friends who don't drive..

they confirm ask you send them home... if not also is you feel paiseh if don't send.

 

 

no i wont....my rules are the car rules....abide or walk [laugh]

 

i ever ditched a date who refused to wear seatbelt. Left her by the roadside and let her take a cab....

[Business_account]

So don't take life for granted and be safe.

 

[Peregrine]

but if you drive... bound to fetch people one. haa.

like you go out till late with friends who don't drive..

they confirm ask you send them home... if not also is you feel paiseh if don't send.

It is good to be thoughtful enough to give your friends a lift. But as the pilot of your car you have a right to "demand" they fasten seatr belt before you start driving; no need to be paiseh about this. As captain you are responsible for safety of all on board!

 

For those who are still not convinced about need to fasten seat-belts, the following video clips may help:

 

Start with the soft approach:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lx5e6XWeMU...feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsHL30Z60kg...feature=related

 

If still not successful, show more gory video clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKHY69AFstE...feature=related

 

Third level, if still cannot convince, enlist the help of professional dummies!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMgdJpVXcNM...feature=related

 

If still not effective after trying all the above, then I think you have no choice but to install this device:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIhZDyrcgvs...feature=related

And also install interlock so that car can only be started after all occupants have fasten seat belts.

 

For a passenger who prefers not to fasten seat belts, driver should ask for $120 deposit in cash (which I think is the amount of fine driver has to pay if TP caught any passenger not belted up) and ask him to be prepared to pay another $120 fine himself.

If still do not wish to comply, tell him "please alight!".

 

Sometime $$$ can convince more effectively!!

 

 

[BabyBlade]

no i wont....my rules are the car rules....abide or walk [laugh]

 

i ever ditched a date who refused to wear seatbelt. Left her by the roadside and let her take a cab....

 

Woah...

So I assume...There was never a second date after that right? Hahaha.

 

[RadX]

Woah...

So I assume...There was never a second date after that right? Hahaha.

 

 

[laugh] needless to say

[Simonsoh]

The rear centre seat is actually the safest place provided there's a three-point seat belt and the passenger belts up + comes with rear head rest for the centre seat. Most euro-specced cars come with them.

 

bo leh.. my car rear centre only waist belt... got place can install 3-point?

[Kangadrool]

bo leh.. my car rear centre only waist belt... got place can install 3-point?

 

It's either come standard or not. Don't think you can retrofit it or any w/s will do.

[MetalTab]

I was involved in a 45-degree front collision; speed at about 40km/h for myself going straight and a cab shooting off to make a turn in opposite direction

my mother in law was in back seat, and was thrown forward, inches from the windscreen

Today, she tells everyone to belt up.

 

If you have kids, please do the right thing and belt them up, child seats. Not on laps, not jumping around the back of the car.

[Ckchong8]

Woah...

So I assume...There was never a second date after that right? Hahaha.

Second date at home difference stroke..

[Blueray]

Unbuckled rear-seat passengers face high risk

 

 

Data from two public hospitals shows they suffered more severe injuries in accidents

 

 

The habit many passengers have of not belting up when seated in the back of a vehicle could have more serious consequences than they imagined.

 

Records from two public hospitals obtained by The Straits Times showed that those who did not do so had more severe injuries in accidents. This finding echoes a recently reported local study, which found that passengers seated in the vehicle's rear, and those travelling during the morning rush hour, may have a higher risk of sustaining severe injuries in an accident.

 

"Our data showed that in similar accident types, the rear-seat passengers tended to have more severe and more varied injuries when unbuckled," said Dr Victor Ong, a senior consultant at the emergency medicine department at the National University Hospital (NUH).

 

These injuries include thoracic and lumbar spinal injuries, chest and abdominal trauma, and limb fractures, going by the hospital's trauma registry of about 2,600 patients from 2014 to last year.

 

It was a similar story at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH).

 

"Looking at the KTPH trauma registry data of April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017, we found that... none of the back-seat passengers who had severe injuries and a higher risk of death wore seat belts," said Dr Jerry Goo, a consultant at the hospital's department of general surgery.

 

The more serious injuries suffered by unbuckled rear-seat passengers can be due to a few reasons.

 

Dr Ong of NUH said that in a head-on collision, unrestrained passengers "tend to be thrown in the car and become projectiles".

 

Sitting in the back can also be a disadvantage in terms of reaction time during an accident.

 

"The front passenger and driver may also react instinctively in a crash and hence may take evasive actions to reduce injury," said Associate Professor Chin Hoong Chor from the National University of Singapore's department of civil and environmental engineering.

 

"Rear passengers are less likely to be aware of the road environment."

 

Drivers and passengers are required by law to belt up. Motorists found driving without the use of a seat belt can face a fine of $120 and three demerit points. Passengers caught without wearing their seat belts can be fined the same amount.

 

Taxi driver Khairul Azman, 48, knows a seat belt can keep him safe when he is in the driver's seat, but is less concerned about belting up in the back of the car. "It's more comfortable without (a seat belt)."

 

Seat-belt violations here rose from 8,162 cases in 2015 to 9,833 last year, according to the Traffic Police.

 

Mr Gerard Pereira, training manager of the Singapore Safety Driving Centre, said: "The driver has to ensure that everyone in the car puts on the seat belt."

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/unbuckled-rear-seat-passengers-face-high-risk