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Child Restraints for Cars in Low and Middle-Income Countries [PDF]
Journal of Road Safety, 2020 When used correctly, modern child restraints provide exceptional protection for children in car crashes. Most vehicles sold in high-income countries (HIC) have top tether anchorages and/or ISOFIX lower anchorages that are intended to reduce the incidence
Michael Paine
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Study of AEB and active seat belt on driver injury in vehicle–vehicle frontal oblique crash
Scientific Reports, 2023 The safety of vehicle occupants in oblique collision scenarios continues to pose challenges, even with the implementation of Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) systems.
Pingfei Li +5 more
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A quick method of improving the load-bearing capacity of natural airport pavements [PDF]
Przegląd Komunikacyjny, 2022 : The load-bearing capacity of natural airport surfaces directly affects the safety of air operations. Natural airport surfaces at military airports are front seat belts, work belts and side seat belts. The load-bearing capacity of the natural airport
Mariusz Wesołowski +2 more
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The Reluctance of taxi drivers to use seat belts. Observed and self-reported behavior in Argentine.
Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana, 2023 Although taxi drivers are more exposed to traffic crashes, they usually exhibit riskier behaviors and more negative attitudes toward road safety. For example, previous research suggests that they are particularly reluctant to wear seat belts.
Jeremías David Tosi +3 more
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Sensors, 2021 This paper deals with the issues of the impact of vertical vibrations on a child seated in a child seat during a journey. Its purpose was to assess the impact of fastening the child seats and road conditions on the level of vibrations recorded on child ...
Andrzej Zuska +3 more
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Drivers' unsafe behaviors in Iran: An investigation in West Azerbaijan
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundThe present study aims to investigate one of the major causes of traffic accidents: drivers' unsafe behaviors while driving.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, the behaviors of 946 drivers at traffic lights were observed in the morning, at ...
Fatemeh Bakhtari Aghdam +7 more
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European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2015 A 23 year old woman was admitted after a road trafficaccident.Initialexaminationshowedaseatbelthematomaonthe abdomen. A CT scan showed a compression-distractionfracture (type B injury) of the third lumbar vertebra withdisplacementinthespinalcanal.Additionally,theabdominalaortashowed irregularcontours, but no active bleeding.Thepre-operative MRA confirmed
Koter, S.H., Cohnert, T.U.
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Applying an extended prototype willingness model to predict back seat safety belt use in China
Electronic Research Archive, 2023 The risk of injury and death in traffic accidents for passengers in the back and front seats can be reduced by utilizing safety belts. However, passengers use back seatbelts far less frequently than those in the front.
Mingyang Pei, Yi Hu, Lingshu Zhong
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Seat belt sign and its significance
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2013 Safety belts are the most important safety system in motor vehicles and when worn intend to prevent serious injuries. However, in unusual circumstances (high velocity motor vehicle collisions) these safety measures (seat belts) can be the source and ...
Amit Agrawal +2 more
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Pattern of seat belt use by drivers in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
BMC Research Notes, 2011 Background In Trinidad and Tobago, the law on the mandatory use of seat belts was passed in 1995, but this law is hardly enforced. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency and predictors of seat belt use by motor vehicle drivers in the ...
Odekunle Abayomi +2 more
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