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Safety Seat Belts & Car Accidents
"Car accidents are the leading cause of death, as well as loss of work time. "
Wearing seat belts will reduce injuries and save lives. It can also save millions of dollars for American businesses. In 1984, car crashes...
Started by squeaky on
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by 14 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at knowledgesutra):
The SAFETY belt was break his rebe's and died from heart damaging....
Became standard issue in cars and the first round of "modern" safety legislation went through, my grandfather presses the brake, and then crashes into a tractor...
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I heard about the terrible accident yesterday that killed author/WSJ writer Jeff Zaslow. He somehow lost control and collided with a tractor trailer (also called a "semi". Offtopic, but where did the term "semi" come from, anyway?).
I am wondering what...
Started by Leesbro63 on
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by 16 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bogleheads):
Small car had the front end demolished, ended up 25 ft from the road the traffic safety....
Fortunately, the car's safety dangerous cars on the road.
I was in a 15-yr old compact sedan and the car behind was a small SUV.
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If you have a car that runs 12.0 or slower and it has SFI belts can you just remove the date tag and run them? We run IHRA here, I've had this argument with the NHRA techs and they seem to think it's safer to remove the out of date SFI belts and pit in...
Started by Big Al on
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by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at ls1tech):
The belt issue does suck for door cars but on the dragsters they are in the sun allI think if you have a harness it has to be in date.
Your running.
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Seats and belts in date?
How long are seats and belts in date for?
Started by Pro-motion on
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by 12 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at rallyforums):
For safety reasons, please note that the homologation pass through the belt....
SAFETY BELTS / HARNESS.
Overalls, gloves and safety belts/harness will remain valid for 3
years after the expiry years for belts
7.
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All the 3 of my current cars have a terrible seat-belt arragement for the middle-person on the rear seat. There's just a long belt which you have to pull over your lap; I believe that's called a lap belt.
Now, this belt would hardly save you from banging...
Started by libranof1987 on
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by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at team-bhp):
So I had to alter them to a recoiling....
It had come with a buckle with which one has to adjust the length .
My 118NE didnot have a self winding seat belt.
As you said the 3 point seat belt keeps the occupant more secure than the lap belt.
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I tried searching but nothing answered my specific questions so I created this thread. First a little background. I recently purchased an AE performance bolt in roll bar and Recaro Profi SPG seats for my m3. I plan on doing more hpde/auto-x events next...
Started by gixxer_kidd on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at m3post):
Custom coding....
That's one less concern.
As long as the car is being driven, someone must be in the driver's seat and therefore that airbag would sensor for the driver's seat in stock configuration, since as long as the car is being driven.
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Our family will expand to include 6 children this fall with. We are looking for vehicles that will fit our family of 8. This fall we will have:
2 adults
9 year old (no booster)
7 year old (backless booster)
6 year old (backless booster)
4 year...
Started by afarmhousefull on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at car-seat):
Is the lap belt as....
Does the belt cross the shoulder between the neck and arm?
4.
belt positions once harnessed car seats are no longer an option, but the lack of head rests bend comfortably at the edge of the auto seat?
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If you own a mitsubishi or have friends who own one, you will have heard them make mention of it.
Others may have given you horror stories about them bursting, with disastrous results....
All Mitsubishi engines are known in the engine world as "interference...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at trinituner):
The timing belt and cleaned out all the parts intake etc , the car sounded real quiet , no lifters noise belt from the firm and if not, is gates one of the better brands to get? Need to know ASAP my car Mitsuboshi, not UNITTA....
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I was wondering if there ever was a safety feature in any form of motorsport that looked ok on the paper but turned out not to be IRL? The armco barrier comes to mind after Kubica rally crash, but in this case it was not properly installed, so I guess...
Started by Kamian on
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by 15 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at planet-f1):
And of course, the starting procedure, than cars....
Think of anything on the car that was introduced exclusively and genuinely as a safety device, and the safety car with doctor on board followed the pack on the first lap.
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Selling a
2000 Authentic Civic Si-R US Car (register into Canada already)
clean title, no accident
car has 169,588 KM
daily driven
Never winter driven for the past few years
Previous Owner owned the car few years (May 2006) I bought this for track build...
Started by Ken_civic on
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by 6 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at casc):
Is CANADIAN CAR!~ How....
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