Seat belt Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia（安全带维基百科,自由的百科全书）.pdf

Seat belt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /search?q=cache:V2SxPhpvD80J:... This is Googles cache of /wiki/Seat_belt. It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on May 6, 2011 00:57:48 GMT. The current page could have changed in the meantime. Learn more These search terms are highlighted: rear seat shoulder belt regulations Text-only version From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A seat belt or seatbelt, sometimes called a safety belt, is a safety harness designed to secure the occupant of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result from a collision or a sudden stop. As part of an overall automobile passive safety system, seat belts are intended to reduce injuries by stopping the wearer from hitting hard interior elements of the vehicle, or other passengers (the so-called second impact), are in the correct position for the airbag to deploy and prevent the passenger from being thrown from the vehicle. Seat belts also absorb energy by being designed to stretch during any sudden deceleration, so that there is less speed differential between the passengers body and their vehicle interior, and also to spread the loading of impact on the passengers body. The final, so-called third impact after a passengers body hits the car interior, airbag or seat belts, is that of the internal organs hitting the ribcage or skull. The force of this impact is the mechanism through which car crashes cause disabling or life threatening injury. The A 3-point seat belt. sequence of energy dissipating and speed reducing technologies - crumple zone - seat belt - airbags - padded interior, are designed to work together as a system, to reduce the force of this final impact.