4. Seat belts, airbags, child safety seats Flashcards
Seat Belts
Who has to wear seat belts?
Driver, front-seat passengers, anyone under 18
Seat Belts
How do you best wear a lap belt?
Low and snug around your thighs
Seat Belts
How do you best wear a shoulder belt?
Snugly in front of chest and across shoulder
never around your back
Seat Belts
Should pregnant women wear seatbelts?
Yes
Aig Bags
How does an airbag work?
Literally solid propellant like a rocket booster: inflates bag with nitrogen gas
Aig Bags
How fast does an air bag inflate (MPH)?
200 miles per hour
Aig Bags
How do safety bags save you fron injury?
Built to slow a grown adult so they don’t smash into the dashboard full-force
Aig Bags
Why shouldn’t young children ride in the front seat?
Kids don’t weight enough to compress air bags. Like hitting a brick wall.
Aig Bags
What age shouldn’t be in the front seat due to air bag danger?
Under 12
Aig Bags
What are good words to remember the experince of an air bag?
Explosive and violent. It’s a painful experience, but it saves your life.
Aig Bags
8 year old must ride in front seat, what do you do?
Turn off the air bag (switch somewhere on the dashboard)
Aig Bags
What do you do with a baby in a car seat if your car doesn’t have a back seat?
Use the front seat, but must turn off the air bag
Child Safety Seats
What ages must use a child safety seat
All children under 8
Child Safety Seats
What ages should ride rear-facing?
Birth to 2 years old
Child Safety Seats
What’s the requirement to graduate and no longer use a booster seat?
Must be able to wear a lap belt correctly across their shoulder
Child Safety Seats
A doctor says your child doesn’t have to wear a seatbelt. Valid?
Yes, if it’s written and signed and kept in the car.
Child Safety Seats
8 yr old child unbuckles their seatbelt, you get into an accident, who’s responsible?
The driver is responsible if a child unbuckles or doesn’t wear or use a child seat correctly.
Child Safety Seats
Where is the safest place to install a child safety seat?
Center of the back seat
Child Safety Seats
Can you hold a child in your lap?
No, in an accident your momentum will crush them against the dashboard
Child Safety Seats
Can children ride in the back of a station wagon?
Only if they are in approved child safety seats, buckled.
children can never ride anywhere unless in child safety seats
Child Safety Seats
Can children ride on the floor of a van?
No
children can never ride anywhere unless in child safety seats
Child Safety Seats
Can children ride in the back of a pick-up truck?
No
children can never ride anywhere unless in child safety seats
Child Safety Seats
Can children ride in a bed in an RV?
No
children can never ride anywhere unless in child safety seats
Child Safety Seats
Can children play in the back of an RV?
No
children can never ride anywhere unless in child safety seats
