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The cause of the death was the crash along with an IMPROPER seat belt.
If not for the seat belt cause of death may have been the crash and head injuries.

Yes. They can.

You can read more about it online. Which is why, kids have to be restrained as per age/weight by different types of seats/boosters.

The information is correct but the way it has been put across is absolutely wrong. A passenger car seat belt operates on 3 points of contact, if the shoulder is free from contact then a child or adult anywhere under the height of 4'8" will suffer severe organ damage in their stomach area.

There are a few misconceptions here:

• "Seat belts worn in any way will save", which is not true, all 3 points have to be properly in contact.
• "A child needs a booster seat", which is wrong, anyone short needs a booster seat or the shoulder strap cannot engage to hold the passenger back. This is more of a problem in the front seats of most cars without belt or seat height adjustment.
• "Children are safe in back seat with just the waist belt", which is again wrong, it can tighten and cause immense damage to internal organs. Some older cars just have a 2 point seat belt for the middle seat.
• "Age is is a factor to decide on Booster and Child Seats", which is wrong, it's the child's height and weight that should decide the seat, much like medicine dosage.
• "Seat belts will save from accidents at any rate of speed", which is wrong, they are effective only till about 90 kph or maybe a bit more. This is why track cars have a 5 point seat belt setup. You need to dissipate that momentum over a larger contact area on a human body in case of a crash. Incidentally, so do child seats.

Coming to the article, they probably wanted the "most sensational" headline possible.

Its a known fact that the lap belt present in the rear middle seat comes with a high risk of slicing and ripping open the abdomen area or exerting enormous force and crushing the vital organs as all the force is concenrated on the lap belt during impact, unlike a 3 point seat belt where the impact forces are more evenly distributed and safer on the wearer.

Also the lap belt comes with a higher risk of causing back injurues as the entire upper torso lunges/ bends forward violently during impact. There is nothing holding the upper torso back like in the case of a 3 point seat belt.

Does that mean that the occupant should still wear a lap belt even with the above risks? Absolutely yes.
Not wearing the lap belt is significantly more riskier as the middle occupant will violently hit the dashboard or worse will go flying out through the windshield during an impact with fatal consequences.

PS. Not intending to say the occupant in this case was wearing a lap belt. In general a 3 point belt is significantly safer. The middle passenger has no choice but to wear the riskier lap belt.

Kochi: In broad day light, a car hit a pedestrian and carried him on bonnet for nearly 400 metres in Kochi city. In connection with the case, police nabbed the car driver Nahas (25), a native of Kacherippady. Wonder what was the taxi driver thinking when he did this.

Link: https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news...bbed-1.4065148

All of the blame lies with the bus driver. A person should not take a sharp blind turn at a speed where he /she is unable to control their vehicle. Any kind of obstruction can be there on the other side. This is even more true when driving a large vehicle full of passengers.

Happened to see this new Baleno near kavali, on my way to Ongole. No information about any causalities or how this happened.

Public transport hence a "public" place, so do not expect privacy.

Good repair work. What is this magic wipe?:)

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Not very sure how we are hypothesizing EITHER ways in the absence of clear medical data - its a very sad case but needs to be fully understood.

That said, I fully agree that a simple seat belt with the belt crossing the child's chest at the right height is key. That is frankly the cost of a clever strap and nothing more than that. This strap that comes with booster seats is what ensures the safety really :)

But yes, in an ideal world - nothing like a car seat for the child's comfort AND safety. I don't necessarily think it adds much more to safety for kids of this age.

From the pics, clearly the rear passenger did not wear seat belt and slammed onto the front seat during impact dislodging it and putting the front passenger at higher risk.

High time all front seat occupants insist that those at their rear belt up.

Bengaluru - Four killed, five hurt in road accident on way to Nandi Hills

Boy, 7 , killed when truck collided with Alturas G4. While the blame is on side airbags not getting activated. A neutral person can see that it could be not using child seat/ booster seat. This kid is the grandson of Duroflex Pvt Ltd chairman.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.times...w/70811876.cms

A friend of mine who runs a private bus service, says that cops are strongly recommending CCTV with inside view footage as there are too many incidents ( genuine as well as fake) of groping/sexual harassment in a bus.

In many cases, the conductor is penalized and the bus owner has to cough up money to settle the issue, even if the conductor is innocent. Having a footage will exonerate the crew in fake cases and also will give conclusive proof if they are guilty.



There is a thin line here - a bus is considered as a public place. For the safety of the passengers, as well as the crew, it might be a necessary thing. This is akin to having CCTV cameras in malls, shops, roads, etc.

Last Friday afternoon while driving from Cochin to Kollam, I saw both the truck and the SUV. Given the cops & the crowd and stopped vehicles, I thought the accident had just happened, but as per newspaper it happened around 3:30AM.

The truck was parked on the left side of the road with it's front driver side bottom badly damaged pointing to a hi-speed collision - given the time of accident, guessing either of the drivers dozed off or an overtaking manouvre gone wrong - this is a 1-lane-each-way medianless stretch of NH.

The SUV was parked quite some distance away off the road, with it's front totally smashed - couldn't recognize the car given the fleeting glance - I thought it's either a Marazzo or Alturas.

As per news report, kid was in middle row and belted.

This is the same accident.

Really feel sad about the kid and the family. :(