4. Seat belts, airbags, child safety seats

Question 1

Seat Belts

Who has to wear seat belts?

Answer 1

Driver, front-seat passengers, anyone under 18

Question 2

Seat Belts

How do you best wear a lap belt?

Answer 2

Low and snug around your thighs

Question 3

Seat Belts

How do you best wear a shoulder belt?

Answer 3

Snugly in front of chest and across shoulder

never around your back

Question 4

Seat Belts

Should pregnant women wear seatbelts?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

Aig Bags

How does an airbag work?

Answer 5

Literally solid propellant like a rocket booster: inflates bag with nitrogen gas

Question 6

Aig Bags

How fast does an air bag inflate (MPH)?

Answer 6

200 miles per hour

Question 7

Aig Bags

How do safety bags save you fron injury?

Answer 7

Built to slow a grown adult so they don’t smash into the dashboard full-force

Question 8

Aig Bags

Why shouldn’t young children ride in the front seat?

Answer 8

Kids don’t weight enough to compress air bags. Like hitting a brick wall.

Question 9

Aig Bags

What age shouldn’t be in the front seat due to air bag danger?

Answer 9

Under 12

Question 10

Aig Bags

What are good words to remember the experince of an air bag?

Answer 10

Explosive and violent. It’s a painful experience, but it saves your life.

Question 11

Aig Bags

8 year old must ride in front seat, what do you do?

Answer 11

Turn off the air bag (switch somewhere on the dashboard)

Question 12

Aig Bags

What do you do with a baby in a car seat if your car doesn’t have a back seat?

Answer 12

Use the front seat, but must turn off the air bag

Question 13

Child Safety Seats

What ages must use a child safety seat

Answer 13

All children under 8

Question 14

Child Safety Seats

What ages should ride rear-facing?

Answer 14

Birth to 2 years old

Question 15

Child Safety Seats

What’s the requirement to graduate and no longer use a booster seat?

Answer 15

Must be able to wear a lap belt correctly across their shoulder

Question 16

Child Safety Seats

A doctor says your child doesn’t have to wear a seatbelt. Valid?

Answer 16

Yes, if it’s written and signed and kept in the car.

Question 17

Child Safety Seats

8 yr old child unbuckles their seatbelt, you get into an accident, who’s responsible?

Answer 17

The driver is responsible if a child unbuckles or doesn’t wear or use a child seat correctly.

Question 18

Child Safety Seats

Where is the safest place to install a child safety seat?

Answer 18

Center of the back seat

Question 19

Child Safety Seats

Can you hold a child in your lap?

Answer 19

No, in an accident your momentum will crush them against the dashboard

Question 20

Child Safety Seats

Can children ride in the back of a station wagon?

Answer 20

Only if they are in approved child safety seats, buckled.

children can never ride anywhere unless in child safety seats

Question 21

Child Safety Seats

Can children ride on the floor of a van?

Answer 21

No

children can never ride anywhere unless in child safety seats

Question 22

Child Safety Seats

Can children ride in the back of a pick-up truck?

Answer 22

No

children can never ride anywhere unless in child safety seats

Question 23

Child Safety Seats

Can children ride in a bed in an RV?

Answer 23

No

children can never ride anywhere unless in child safety seats

Question 24

Child Safety Seats

Can children play in the back of an RV?

Answer 24

No

children can never ride anywhere unless in child safety seats