A Fatal Mistake.... People who don't use seat belts because they think they can brace themselves in any accident, can be making a fatal mistake, a German report states. If a car crashes into a tree at just 30km/hr, any traveller not wearing a seat belt must hold back 20 times his own weight to avoid being catapulted through the windscreen. Thus if you weigh 68kg, your arms would have to stop the weight of the car itself (1360kg). The impact at 50km/hr is equivalent to jumping from a four-storey building. At 80km/hr the force is equal to the impact after a fall of nearly 80 feet.
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Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 6, Issue 230, 9 February 1988, Page 3 (Supplement)
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107Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 6, Issue 230, 9 February 1988, Page 3 (Supplement)
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