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">Essy Subject:
ht l
ould you chnge o
intoduce to
educe cccidents?
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cco
ding to NHTS
(Ntion
l Highy Tffic Sfety
dministtion), set belt us
ge in 2013 stoodt only 87%, le
ving theem
ining dive
snd p
ssenges unp
otected in the event ofcollision
hile tveling. The CDC (Centeof Dise
se Contol)
epots th
t in 2009, 33,000 people died in cccidents,
ithnothe
2.2 million obtining inju
ies fom c
shes. Mo
e thn h
lf of these deths could h
ve been pevented by
eingse
tbelt. Fedel Lequi
ed vehicle being sold in the United Sttes to cont
in sets beginning in 1968.
eing setbelts
e,
nd hve been, kno
n to be one of the most effective ys to pevent inju
ynd de
th fom c
ccidents. So,hy do eve
y one in seven c pssenge
s mke the decision to not buckle up? People
ill mke excuses suggesting, “se
t belts e uncomfot
ble” o“skilled d
ives don’t h
ve toe
se
tbelts”, but thee should be no excuse to
ese
tbelt. Setbelts
ee invented
nd implemented fos
fety bck
s fs the mid-1960s,
nd should be utilizedithout excuse.
I suggest
nel
th
t could help pevent nume
ous injuies
nd deths pe
ye is one tht the c
comp
nies could esily implement. This l
ouldequi
e c compnies to p
event the vehicle fom moving
hen set belts
e not being
on. Cu
ently, technology h
s instlled
method toest
ict the vehicle fom le
ving tnsmission pk positionithout h
ving the bke pedl p
essed don. Moving fo
d, this s
me technology cn be utilized to fo
mnothe
sfety p
ecution
lgoithm fo
the use of setbelts. Fo
instnce, the vehicle
ould detecthethe
onot
dive
op
ssenges p
esentnd
eingse
tbelt (i.e. set belt eng
ged into buckle),nd
ould then detemine
hethethe vehicle
s
lloed to move out of p
k position th
ough the tnsmission shifte.
One m
y then inquie
ht
bout the scenio of the dive
op
ssengethen
emoving theise
t beltfte
the vehicle is in motion. To help futhe
pesu
de the dive
nd/o
pssenge
fom
emoving theise
t belt,ddition
l logic could be utilized toeduce the vehicle po
eby 10-12%, o
likeise limit the
bility to dive
t desied speed.
This l
nd technology couldddition
lly be extended to the use of child sets,
ndhethe
they e stpped into the vehicle'spp
opi
tencho
ing system. Common technology could be utilized to not only sense the child set p
esence (possibly though
equi
ed simple poximity chip
ithin the child set), but could
lso engge
simil buckle to thencho
ing system,s is utilized fo
the set belts.
ccoding to NHTS
, moe th
nthi
d of childen thi
teen oyounge
ho died in c
ccidentse
e note
ing
setbelt. The NHTS
lso
epoted th
t moe th
n 260 lives of childen
ee s
ved fom se
t belts in 2011lone. Se
t belts sve lives of
llges f
om childen to
dults,nd the
efoe use should be st
ictly enfoced in
ll vehicles.ith this l
implemented, thous
nds upon thousnds of lives c
n be sved. This l
ould not be difficult to enfoce. The c
comp
niesould be
ble to complyithin the next couple of ye
s,
dding the technology into ech ne
vehicle model. No longeill evey one in seven people not buckle up. No longe
ill 30,000-plus people die
ye fom not
eingse
t belt. This l could be the beginning ofne
sfety st
ndd, peventing e
silyvoid
ble injuy
nd deth.
