JKJR's Safety Seatbelt Poster

Don't be the cause of other's death. Please buckle up and be safe to everybody. This is a poster made by Jabatan Keselamatan Jalan Raya (JKJR) Malaysia. Thanks to them for their road safety campaign efforts.

Disturbing Crashed Black Toyota Vios 2009 Photos

1. Above is the newly black Toyota Vios 2009 photo during the launching. Looks pretty cool huh. Have you wondered how the crashed Toyota Vios looks like? Last time I have submit some photos of Toyota Vios crashed onto a Palma Tree. This time, another newly black Toyota Vios hit the wired rope barrier and this accident claimed 3 lives. The accident happened at wee hours (4 am) and the driver suspected using a pill.

2. From this kind of crash, what we can learn is you should try avoid driving during wee hours as our body clocks are just not suitable to work optimally. Second, please wear your rear seatbelt. The rear seatbelts are there not just for the show. You must wear it for your own safety. Lastly, wired rope barrier might be hazardous to road users, so please be careful when driving on those highway stretch that using wired rope barrier (since no research has been done yet to justify this).

3. Below are the photos of crashed black Toyota Vios 2009 for you to take a lesson.

Rear Seat Belt Summons Can Be Cancelled

KUALA LUMPUR: Rear passengers in vehicles not fitted with rear seat belts but who were summoned by the police or the Road Transport Deprtment (RTD) can report to the Road Safety Department (JKJR) to have their summonses cancelled. JKJR director-general Datuk Suret Singh said issuing summonses to rear passengers in vehicles not fitted with rear seat belts was against the ruling announced by his department early this year. Huh this is another job for those "faulty-offender" to go the JKJR office and the cancelled the summon. Why the mistake is done on the first place anyway?

He said he had received information of several such cases in Johor Baharu and Penang and said this may have happened due to misunderstanding of instructions issued to RTD and police personnel. "We are saddened as the issuing of summonses does not follow the policy announced by JKJR. I'm getting confused too. Couple of people keep asking me where the heck can they get the sticker for rear seatbelt exemption. I'm not sure either. As far as I know, you need to go to Proton or Perodua to get the sticker but well, can we do easier thing for most people like putting special booth at supermarket for the "exempted-car" stickers? Help people, and people will help us on the next policy (hehe it's secret).

“Those affected can report to the department and we promise to have the summonses cancelled," Suret Singh told reporters after launching the 2009 Chinese New Year road safety advocation campaign on Friday.

He said, for now, only rear passengers in vehicles with rear seat belts but who do not use them will be summoned and that JKJR had given vehicle owners three years to get rear seat belts fitted.

"However, people are reminded to have rear seat belts fitted as soon as possible for their own and their family's safety," he said.

Suret also said 100,000 old model Kancil cars would be given exemption stickers as they did not have the three 'points' that were needed to fit rear seat belts. On another note, he said JKJR with the cooperation of the RTD and the Road Safety Marshall Club (RSMC) would help motorcycle riders who did not have licenses, especially in rural areas, to obtain them.

"Many have failed their tests many times so we will help them to get through," he said.

Those interested can go to www.rsmc.org.my for more information, he said. In another development, Suret Singh said, in conjunction with the Chinese New Year, the speed limit for federal roads would be decreased to 80km/h from 90km/h and for state roads it would be decreased to 70km/h from 80km/h from Jan 19 till Feb 2. Aiseh I just realized that it is an OPS Bersepadu already..No holidays for meh..:(

"A 'Operasi Bersepadu' over 15 days beginning Jan 19 will be conducted involving 1,200 RTD staff and 5,000 police personnel," he said.

He said the operation would involve several intervention programmes on road safety like the monitoring of express buses and drivers at 28 locations throughout the country.

Source: Thestar Online

Singapore and Thailand Vehicles' Passengers Must also Wear Rear Seatbelt

1. I got this from The New Straits Time today. This is indeed a good information to those who come to Malaysia for visit, even it is quite self-explanatory. Motorists from Singapore and Thailand, entering the country, will not be exempted from the new regulation on the compulsory use of rear seatbelts. Road Transport Department director-general Datuk Solah Mat Hassan said under the Road Transport Act 1987, back-seat passengers, regardless of whether they were locals or foreigners, must buckle up.

2. He said errant rear seat passengers would be issued a maximum compound fine of RM300. Solah said the fine for those who failed to abide by the rule would be increased to the maximum of RM2,000, or a year's jail, or both, beginning in July. He said the department was doing everything to disseminate information on the new rule to motorists from the neighbouring countries. However, he did not elaborate on the method used. Wonder why? haha..you got the answer. But I really support 100% for this law to be applied to foreigners.

"No one will be exempted from buckling up. Everybody, even motorists from Singapore and Thailand, must buckle up or a fine will be issued.

"Stringent checks will be carried out to ensure that local and foreign motorists follow the rules."

3. He said, up to yesterday, a total of 67 compound fines were issued to those who had failed to use their rear seatbelts in the northern zone. A total of 37 motorists were fined in Perak, 19 in Perlis, eight in Kedah and three in Penang. Checks by the New Straits Times at the Anti-Smuggling Unit operation site, at Km 4.8 of the Bukit Kayu Hitam-Jitra expressway, found that several rear seat passengers travel from Thailand did not use their seatbelts. The officers had to explain the ruling to the motorists as they were unaware of it. Agreed. They deserve some kind of explaination or at least advice before getting the tickets.

242 Caught for Not Wearing Rear Seat Belt on 1st January 2009

KUALA LUMPUR The Road Transport Department (JPJ) swung into action at the stroke of midnight to enforce the law on vehicle rear seat belts which came into force Thursday and promptly issued 242 summonses for failure to buckle up, at 28 locations nationwide. From the TV3 Prime News I just watched tonight, it is 247 out of about 2000 vehicles checked with rear passengers. Malaysians are not bad actually for following law. See, we can do it!

Vehicle owners and passengers will be given a six-month grace period up to June 30 when they will only be issued a compound fine of RM300 for not wearing rear seat belts.

From July 1, drivers and passengers caught not using their seat belts would have to pay a fine of up to RM2,000, serve up to one year's jail or both under the Road Transport Act.

Johor had the highest number of offenders at 95 in the JPJ operation involving 500 officers which was held from 10pm Wednesday to 2am Thursday, JPJ director of enforcement Salim Parlan told Bernama. I wonder why. Hmm Hmm I'll go check this with the road enforcers. I'm afraid that only the enforcers at south districts only do the full all out enforcements.

He said many rear seat passengers had begun to wear the seat belts, pointing out that in Penang only six summonses were issued for the offence and it reflected the success of the JPJ campaign to encourage rear seat passengers to buckle up.

The rear seat belt ruling came into force after it was discovered that almost 50 per cent of road accidents which involved fatalities and serious injury to rear passengers could be avoided had they worn the safety belts. - Bernama

Malaysia Rear Seatbelt Fine RM300 and RM2000. What??!!

1. Actually I found this interesting picture from Paul Tan. Then, when I read the post, I learned that actually we all will be fined rm2000 if we dont use the rear seatbelt after 6 months of the rear seatbelt law. What??? This news is indeed shocking me, and probably shocking you too. Beam Beam Beam!

2. The RM300 fine will only be in effect only within a “grace period” of between the 1st of January 2009 to the end of June 2009. From the 1st of July 2009 onwards, this fine will be upped to RM2,000 and you could even go to jail for up to 1 year. Wow wow..This is the new thing I learn today. Okay whatever it is, buckle up, it is not because of the scary fine, but for you own benefits. Wear the seatbelt! :D

Penguatkuasaan Pemakaian Tali Pinggang Keledar Belakang Januari 2009

Since tomorow will be the day of rear seatbelt use and enforcement, I thought I should give some information about that. Hope this info will help you to understand the new law.

Source: Pandu Cermat

Bermula 1 Januari 2009, peraturan pemakaian tali pinggang keledar tempat duduk belakang akan dikuatkuasakan ke atas semua jenis kenderaan kecuali kenderaan-kenderaan seperti berikut:

1. kenderaan yang didaftarkan sebelum 1 Januari 1995;
2. kenderaan yang didaftarkan selepas 1 Januari 1995, tetapi tidak dilengkapi dengan anchorage points;
3. kenderaan komersil termasuk teksi dan kereta sewa;
kenderaan penumpang yang mempunyai lebih dari 8 tempat duduk tidak termasuk tempat duduk pemandu; dan
4. kenderaan barangan yang mempunyai had muatan barangan melebihi 3.5 tan.

Bagi kenderaan yang didaftarkan selepas 1 Januari 1995 dan mempunyai anchorage points, tetapi tidak dipasang tali pinggang keledar tempat duduk belakang, pemilik kenderaan tersebut diberi tempoh selama 3 tahun untuk memasang tali pinggang keledar tempat duduk belakang. Tempoh 3 tahun bermula dari 1 Januari 2009.

Kerajaan telah mendapat kerjasama dari pihak industri dan beberapa pembuat kenderaan untuk memasang tali pinggang keledar tempat duduk belakang secara percuma bagi kenderaan yang masih belum dipasang dengan tali pinggang keledar tempat duduk belakang.

Sekiranya bilangan penumpang melebihi dari bilangan tali pinggang tempat duduk belakang, pemandu kenderaan tersebut bertanggungjawab untuk memastikan kesemua tali pinggang keledar tempat duduk belakang yang ada digunakan sepenuhnya. Sekiranya gagal, tindakan undang-undang akan dikenakan terhadap pemandu kenderaan tersebut.

Peraturan Kaedah-Kaedah Kenderaan Motor (Tali Pinggang Keledar) 1978 sedia ada berkenaan pemakaian tali pinggang keledar tempat duduk hadapan adalah masih terpakai ke atas semua jenis kenderaan .

For the frequently asked question (FAQ), below is the answer. Hope this will help too.

Soalan 1 Apakah jenis kenderaan yang dikecualikan memasang tali keledar belakang ?

Jawapan : kenderaan yang didaftarkan sebelum 1 Januari 1995. kenderaan komersil termasuk teksi dan kereta sewa, lori dan bas.

Soalan 2 Berapa lamakah tempoh masa pemasangan yang diberikan kepada pemilik kenderaan persendirian yang diwajibkan memasang tali keledar belakang ?

Jawapan : Pemilik kenderaan persendirian yang didaftarkan pada atau selepas 1 Januari 1995 tetapi belum dilengkapi dengan tali keledar belakang, diberikan tempoh pemasangan selama 3 tahun, bermula 1 Januari 2009.

Soalan 3 Bagaimanakah isu bilangan penumpang yang melebihi dari bilangan tali pinggang tempat duduk belakang ?

Jawapan : Sekiranya bilangan penumpang melebihi dari bilangan tali pinggang tempat duduk belakang, pemandu kenderaan tersebut bertanggungjawab untuk memastikan kesemua tali pinggang keledar tempat duduk belakang yang ada digunakan sepenuhnya. Sekiranya gagal, tindakan undang-undang akan dikenakan terhadap pemandu kenderaan tersebut.

Soalan 4 Bagaimanakah isu pemakaian tali keledar bagi kanak-kanak dan bayi ?

Jawapan : Pemakaian dan penggunaan tali keledar bagi kanak-kanak dan bayi adalah amat digalakkan bagi tujuan keselamatan, namun ianya masih tidak diwajibkan. Pihak JKJR menasihatkan para ibubapa agar menggunakan tali keledar bersama kerusi atau jenis tempat duduk keselamatan kereta mengikut umur /berat kanak-kanak atau bayi.
Kerusi keselamatan bayi – bayi baru lahir hingga umur 1 tahun, berat sehingga 9 kg, tidak berupaya menyokong kepalanya dengan betul. Kerusi keselamatan kanak-kanak – 9 bulan hingga hampir tahun, berat di antara 9 hingga 18 kg. Kerusi penggalas – 4 hingga 11 tahun, berat antara 15 kg hingga 36 kg.(Risalah dilampirkan)

Soalan 5 Apakah risiko atau kesan jika tali keledar belakang tidak digunakan ?

Jawapan : Penumpang belakang yang tidak memakai tali pinggang belakang boleh mengundang risiko dan bahaya kepada pemandu dan penumpang di hadapan. Pada kelajuan 50 kmsj penumpang belakang seberat 60 kilogram boleh menghentam tempat duduk hadapan dengan kesan impak sebanyak 2.4 tan.

Soalan 6 Apakah faedah dan rasional penguatkuasaan pemakaian tali keledar terhadap aspek pengguna dan keselamatan jalan raya ?

Jawapan : Berdasarkan perangkaan tahun 2007, penggunaan tali pinggang keledar belakang oleh semua penumpang kenderaan persendirian berupaya menyelamatkan 175 kematian, 350 kes cedera parah dan 1050 kes cedera ringan.
Pelaksanaan inisiatif tali pinggang di belakang berupaya menyumbang untuk mengurangkan kadar kematian sebanyak 50%, kecederaan parah 45% dan kecederaan ringan sebanyak 50% bagi penumpang di belakang. Ianya juga berupaya menyumbang untuk mengurangkan risiko pemandu dan penumpang di hadapan sebanyak 75%.

Soalan 7 Bagaimanakah isu kos dan pemasangan tali keledar belakang ?

Jawapan : JKJR telah menandatangani MOU dengan pihak PROTON, PERODUA dan HONDA, ketiga-tiga syarikat pengeluar kenderaan ini telah bermurah hati akan memberikan tali keledar dan perkhidmatan pemasangan secara percuma bagi kenderaan keluaran mereka. Sehubungan dengan itu para pemilik kenderaan terbabit yang masih belum dilengkap tali keledar belakang digesa mengambil peluang ini untuk memasang tali keledar belakang dalam tempoh yang ditetapkan. Para pemilik kenderaan juga dipohon agar menunggu makluman atau pengumuman yang dijangkakan pada awal bulan Disember daripada syarikat-syarikat terbabit, melalui media massa berkenaan prosedur untuk mendapatkan pemasangan percuma tali keledar belakang.

Soalan 8 Apakah langkah-langkah yang diambil oleh pihak JKJR bagi memastikan para pengguna jalan raya mengamalkan pemakaian tali keledar belakang bagi mencapai matlamat utama kearah keselamatan jalan raya ?

Jawapan : Bermula 1 Jun 2008 yang lalu, Kerajaan memulakan kempen advokasi pemakaian tali keledar belakang. Ianya merupakan satu pendekatan bagi melaksanakan dasar baru keselamatan jalan raya iaitu pemakaian tali keledar belakang, sebelum tindakan penguatkuasaan dimulakan. Kempen advokasi ini diadakan bagi tempoh 6 bulan, iaitu sehingga 31 Disember 2008. Kempen advokasi ini bertujuan untuk membiasakan orang ramai terhadap peraturan baru pemakaian tali keledar belakang. Jabatan Keselamatan Jalan Raya di seluruh negara telah menggerakkan para pegawai di peringkat Negeri bersama rakan kongsi untuk memperhebatkan lagi pelaksanaan kempen advokasi bagi pemakaian tali keledar belakang.
Dalam kempen advokasi ini para pemandu dan penumpang diberikan nasihat dan maklumat berkenaan kepentingan dan faedah pemakaian tali keledar belakang, kesan negatif jika tidak memakai tali keledar, tempoh kempen advokasi dan tarikh penguatkuasaan, kenderaan diwajibkan dan dikecualikan bagi pemasangan tali keledar belakang serta risalah-risalah dan pelekat “Jom Klik” berkaitan penggunaan tali keledar depan dan belakang.
Pelaksanaan kempen advokasi ini juga telah mendapat kerjasama dan sokongan padu daripada syarikat-syarikat konsesi lebuhraya di seluruh negara seperti PLUS, Besraya, MTD, LITRAK dan NPE bersama rakan kongsi, bagi melaksanakan kempen advokasi setiap hari dengan berlandaskan motto “Tiada Hari Tanpa Advokasi” dalam usaha meningkatkan kesedaran dan kefahaman orang ramai terhadap isu-isu keselamatan jalan raya.
Kempen-kempen advokasi melalui sesi nasihat dan penerangan juga dilaksanakan meliputi program-program penguatkuasaan dan pendidikan keselamatan jalan raya seperti Ops Bersepadu, pameran, ceramah, seminar, ‘e-mailblast’ dan juga program temu bual bersama radio-radio tempatan.

Soalan 9 Menjelang tempoh 60 ke arah penguatkuasaan undang-undang pemakaian tali keledar belakang, apakah saranan pihak JKJR kepada para pengguna jalan raya ?

Jawapan : Menjelang 60 hari kearah penguatkuasaan pemakaian tali keledar belakang, JKJR menyeru agar para pengguna sentiasa mengamalkan pemakaian tali keledar kerana pihak PDRM dan JPJ akan memperhebatkan advokasi dengan mengeluarkan Notis Amaran secara pentadbiran dan tanpa saman kepada para pengguna kereta persendirian yang telah dilengkapi peralatan tali keledar belakang tetapi tidak memakainya, bagi tujuan menyedarkan dan menyediakan masyarakat terhadap pelaksanaan penguatkuasaan undang-undang tali keledar belakang mulai 1 Januari 2009.
Penguatkuasaan pemakaian tali keledar belakang hendaklah dilihat dari sudut keselamatan di jalan raya dan usaha-usaha kerajaan di dalam mengurangkan kadar kematian akibat kemalangan di jalan raya serta usaha mewujudkan budaya kawalan kendiri di kalangan pengguna jalan raya supaya isu-isu keselamatan pengguna-pengguna jalan raya di beri keutamaan demi melindungi pengguna jalan raya daripada kecederaan dan kemalangan maut.

A New Way How to Wear a Lap Seatbelt

Look at how innocent this guy's face. I can't stop laughing. But I salute him for his creativity. You might wonder what is wrong with this picture. It is the safety belt! Look carefully!

Rear Seatbelts Would Have Saved 2,200 From Injury

KUALA LUMPUR: Of the 6,282 road accidents last year, more than 2,200 rear-seat passengers would not have died or sustained injuries if they had worn seat belts. Road Safety Department director-general Datuk Suret Singh said 360 fatalities last year were the result of rear-seat passengers not buckling up, while 700 more people suffered serious injury because of the same reason.

“We take it seriously if people have not buckled up in all seats in the vehicles,” he said before launching a road safety campaign together with Toyota Motors at the Sungei Besi toll plaza here yesterday.

The rear-seat-belt ruling will be enforced from Jan 1. From Dec 16, the police and the Road Transport Department will carry out an exercise to educate and remind drivers and passengers of the ruling. Mock summonses would also be issued during this exercise. Suret and UMW executive director (strategic marketing group) Aminar Rashid Salleh later presented motorists at the toll plaza with Toyota’s road safety seat headrest bands, which carry a message for rear-seat passengers to buckle up.

1. Got this from TheStar Online today. Interesting title where rear seatbelts could saved 2200 from injury. I wonder where the number is coming from. As far as I know, the police data collection form didnt have anything column/place to fill on related to wearing seatbelt. Maybe the number coming from hospital database but I still have doubt on it.

2. Lots need to be done as currently Malaysia used its own Malaysian Standards (MS) to code for different type of seatbelt which is quite different compared to most country code. So its kinda difficult for researchers to identify whether our Malaysian seatbelts are really up to international standard or not.

3. One thing I notice during my crashed car inspection is Toyota Fortuner's driver seatbelt code is Ar4m (very basic) only. Most of Europe cars/passenger vehicles have at least code of Aer4mp (has more safety features) for driver's seatbelt. They have Ar4m for only rear passenger, but still very rare to be found as normally for rear passenger their standard is Aer4m. So what this supposed to mean? Think about it. Our driver seatbelt is the same with rear passengers at Europe. So meaning our rear passenger seatbelt is the same with what in the Europe????. Think.

Shocking Facts on Vehicle Safety (I): Seatbelts Part 1

1. Many people believe that in road traffic accident, speeding is the main factor of killing people, or simply can be put in a better statement, “speeding your vehicle will speed your life”.

2. That is not 100% true because in fact, it is NOT speed that kills, but actually is the SUDDENT STOP. Why? Let’s take an example.

3. A red car is driving 120km/h and then suddenly lost control and went to the side of road, and fortunately the side has a long wall. The car is hitting the wall (not head on), and dragging along the wall. After 50 meters, the car stopped and what do you think the luck of the driver?

4. Ok another example, might be some of you is lucky enough experience this or ever heard of the case. A blue car traveling along the highway at 120km/h and suddenly out of nowhere got hit from the back by an unknown vehicle. The blue car spun and went turtle, dragged on the road for about 60 meters. Assuming both drivers wear the seatbelt. What happen to the drivers?

5. The answer for both cases is they still alive because they told you the story! How could dead men tell you the story right? “Hmm bro, I think you are a little bit away from main point, what are you trying to say by giving those examples?” Be patient.

6. Now let’s look on a case where head on collision, a red car at the speed of 120km/h hit head on with a blue car at the speed of any (could be 50, 100, or 120). Bang! After the collision both are stopped, immediately less than a second. From the outside we could see the event like it’s just in a blink an eye. Suddenly the occupants in blood and the cars wrecked like hell.

7. Let’s see this video from Youtube on the movement of the occupants in a slow motion.

8. From the video above, in a split second we could see that the man that not wearing rear seatbelt hitting hard all other occupants who wear the seatbelts and this happen very fast and only in milliseconds. When the rescuer or public people come to see, the position of the occupants is just like before the impact.

9. The flying unbelted man is coming back to his seat like nothing is happening, and "looks very cute where he lean on her gf shoulder". What they didn’t know is during those micro seconds, everything is happening.

10. They might asked, “How this women bloody injured? She sat on her seat and belted too, doesn’t make any sense she could be injured like that”. How? Why? What? All those are commonly asked; even the investigation police officer has pain in the ass to figure things out.

11. Those people didn’t know, but now you know it and you should start now to wear the seatbelt. Even only one person inside the vehicle do not wear the seatbelt, she/he could become hazardous to your safety.

12. Thus, your responsibility is not only to wear the seatbelt but to remind occupants in the car to wear it too.

13. All the drivers should bear the responsible for this. Please read My Rear Seatbelt Post on how other occupants could kill you during the crash. Before starting any journey, especially long distance journey, please ensure that all the occupants inside the vehicle is belted.

14. You might be thinking, I am a safe driver, possibilities for me to involve in accident is very low. You are wrong! Anything could be happening on roads, you know, they are lots of idiots out there. Prevention is better than cure, as I could say.

Don't you agree? Feel free to add and comments..

How We Could Lighten the Severity of the Crash?

Hey folks, if u are aware of the news, about 3 months ago, a crash happened between a 4WD and a car in a road construction area.

1. "Err did you say road contruction area where usually the location shud be barricaded and managed properly?!!" Yeah absolutely. "Why so?". Hmm how shud i put this eh. I think you can try ask our dear ex-minister of Public Works. He quite free at the moment as I heard. But things happen. I'll talk about construction traffic management matter later on. But lets focus on how we could lighten the severity of the crash.

(Courtesy to Local News)

2. "How many fatalities on this wreckage?" Syuhh, be patient. I'm about to say it. 2 died (from the car), 3 severely injured and 1 just so and so only on this crash. (Lets pray in silence for the victims....).

3. Two were dead due to having severe head injury and of course, from the post-inspection, the driver and the front passenger of the car didnt buckle up the seat belt resulting being partially ejected and get contacted with intrusion of the damage.

4. Well, if they were using the seatbelt, nothing much can be done, the survivability space was very tight already coz the accident involving crash compatibility issue and i'll talk about this matter later on too hehe.

5. Actually on this entry, I still want to talk about rear seatbelt. There is a saying that hit it while its hot.

6. From the picture (4WD interior), we can see the reality during the crash. The rear passenger, lets say his name is X, was not buckled up and during the crash was thrown forward and hit the back seat of Y, who was a driver.

7. Y's head instantly hit the steering wheel and bleeding profusely even Y was using his seatbelt. Fortunately, he made it to be still alive. You know why? "Yeah now i know, coz X from the back become an elephant and load the frontal seat, oh the impact also made the seat's anchorage failed and locked the driver into tight space.

8. Also, if we see from picture from the news, the crumple zone of 4WD still far from the driver, and logically he was not supposed to be injured so badly, am I right?" Wooowww, after one entry only, you already become an expert, good good..and that's indeed correct.

9. So how about the prevention action so that the event, which almost take Y's life wont happen again in the future? "Hmm what eh?" Sudah Gaharu Cendana Pula, Sudah Tahu Bertanya Pula, Cmon dudeee, i know you got the answer already, speak it up please, dun bother with people out there who still cant accept that, the most important thing you got it.

10. So? "Errr sorry to people-so-called-anti-rearseatbelt, i have to tell the truth, rear seatbelt cannot always save life..........but it can reduce the severity of injuries that will lead to death of front passenger and yourself" Good, I think I'll just make you host of this entry.

11. "In short, take care of yourself and a person in front of you by wearing rear seatbelt"

Don't you agree? Feel free to add and comments..

Why We Need Rear Seatbelts?

The topic is hot debate at the moment, so i have decide to give my 2 cents on the matter. Why rear seatbelts?

We do not want to be a killer.

1. Do you want to be one? Sure not, if you asked the same question to those who have been sent to the jail because of murder, big portion of them will say NO too unless in desperate situation.

2. They do not have choice but we have choice. Are we? "What the heck are you talking about, what is the relationship between killing and rear seatbelt. I dun see anything that relates them together!"

3. Hear this brother, my friend, my malaysian guy..During the crash, our weight will not be the same as we involve in quite significant high G. It has been said that our weight will be 40 times greater than normal during the impact. If lets say ur weight is 60kg, you will be like 2400 kg. Yes, you would be like an elephant during that time. Is an elephant weight is 2400kg?? I'll check it later. But the point is that such a great impulse force and it happens instantly. Don't trust me? see this picture:

4. Who do you think that do that kind of deformation on front seat?? Still don't trust me? See next:

5. Those effects solely can be done during the crash impact. Now you should imagine what happen to those who sit on the front seat that has been loaded with an elephant. So you still want to say that you are not a killer?? So buckle up at the back. And you could save your loved one.

We don't want to get killed.

6. Anyone here want to get killed? Yeah, if we talked about distressful and misery people who want to commit suicide, there are high chance of it. But the question is are we distressful kind of people? I'm sure not, at least that what I believe.

7. Thus, we have to value our life more. "Wait wait bro, please wait bro, so you imply that I do not value my life on road eh. I bought among the safest vehicle in the era and u said I do not take safety as my priority??!" No lah, that's not my intention. Ya'know, even the safest car can't always avoid casualities.

8. My intention is if we had slightest chance that we could save at least 1 life, we should go for it. Here is where rear seatbelt could save some life. Ah maybe you still dun understand, let me show you some picture of a case of my many cases to explain things.

9. This is a picture of among the safest vehicle on earth getting hit by a lorry. What can I say? The Toyota Harrier had 5 passengers including drivers. All 5 dead on the crash.

10. It is not my intention to deny God's will, but IMO, at least 1 person could be saved because she was located on survavibility space and quite far from the impact/crumpled zone only IF she wear rear seatbelt that would grip and get hold her. Let me show you how seatbelt could save life.

11. Watch the location of the passengers. Some of them are out of the damage profile and could be saved if they are hold on their position (by using rear seatbelt of course). However on this case, all three rear passengers were not buckle up even tho in the quite safe vehicle which provides rear seatbelt.

12. So think about it and value your life more by using rear seatbelt. Not every life can be saved, but we have to move forward to reduce the percent of fatalities on road. There is a saying, "Sediakan Payung Sebelum Hujan", which can be translated as an ACTION should be taken to secure our safety on roads and buckle up rear seatbelts are one of that many actions.

Don't you agree? Feel free to add and comments..