Older cars might have two separate belts or no shoulder belt, but just a
lap belt. Whichever kind of seatbelt you come across, the directions are the same: Buckle every belt correctly.
In addition, expectant mothers have welcomed SHOFT as it stops the
lap belt from riding up over the bump, (a big reason pregnant women don't wear seat belts).
He was using a shoulder restraint but not his
lap belt, police said.
The effect on the pilot is that s/he goes forward and up, and may hit the ceiling before the restraint
lap belt and shoulder harness pulls back and down.
The height adjustable 3 point safety front seat belt, 3 point safety belts for the rear outboard passengers and
lap belt for the middle passenger make it an extremely safe travel, the statement said.
* The
lap belt fits low across the hips and pelvis and should not be across the abdomen.
With just the shoulder strap on, you can still slide out from under it and be strangled, while the
lap belt alone doesn't keep your face from hitting the steering wheel.
Frost and Bertocci reviewed video surveillance records of WTORS usage on LATVs and found that the majority (76%) of wheelchairs were not secured using four-point strap-type tiedowns during transport and that misuse of the
lap belt was common (44% of cases) [10].
A PRIVATV E healthcare company has been fined pounds 150,000 after admitting failing to ensure the health and safety of residents at a Birmingham nursing home where an elderly woman was strangled to death by a wheelchair
lap belt.
However, I can't get an answer to this question: "Am I in compliance with the seat belt law if I only wear the
lap belt?"