Seat Inca 2020 - Seat belts; Why have seat belts?

Why have seat belts?
It has been proven that seat belts
give good protection in accidents. In
most countries, therefore, the wear-
ing of seat belts is required by law.
Warning
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The belts should be put on
before every journey – even in
town traffic. This also applies to
rear seats.
Pregnant women too should
always wear a seat belt. This is the
only way to guarantee protection
for the unborn child! For more
information on this point please
see page 1.11.
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The routing of the belt is of
major importance to the protective
effect of the belt.
How the belt should be worn is
described on the next pages.
This illustration shows a car driving
towards a wall. The vehicle occupants are
not belted in.
The physical principle of a frontal crash is
easy to explain.
As soon as the vehicle is moving, so-
called “kinetic energy” is created by the
movement of the vehicle , in the vehicle
itself as well as in the vehicle occupants.
The extent of the “kinetic energy” effect
depends largely on the speed of the vehi-
cle and on the weight of the vehicle and
the vehicle occupants.
The higher the speed and the greater the
weight of the vehicle, the more energy
must be dispersed should an accident
occur.
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