Measurement of static electricity is of critical importance in assessing the proper electric properties of car seat covers and their suitability to be used in application to enhance the safety and stability of the driver. The present work aims to measure the static electric charge generated from the contact and separation of materials used as car seat covers and clothes. Different materials of ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to quantify and characterize the role of bath seats in infant mortality from bathtub drowning. METHOD Risk analysis of bathtub drowning deaths for infants aged 6-10 months was performed using data available from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), birth and mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) for US resid...

Several operational and prototype ejection seat cushions were selected for the evaluation of their performance for the prevention and reduction of spinal injuries. The evaluation was performed using impact tests on the vertical deceleration tower, where a cushion was placed between the seat pan and the occupant (a 50 percentile Hybrid III manikin) and was subjected to +Gz impact at 8, 10, and 1...

This paper intends to assess the effect of a maternity department intervention on improvement of knowledge and use of child safety seats (CSS) among newborn parents. An intervention study included three groups (one education plus free CSS intervention group, one education only group, and one control group). The participants were parents of newborns in the maternity department of two hospitals. ...

Automobile crashes are the leading cause of death for those aged 3 to 33, with 43,005 (118 per day) Americans killed in 2002 alone. Seat belt use reduces the risk of serious injury in an accident, and refraining from using a cell phone while driving reduces the risk of an accident. Cell phone use while driving increases accident rates, and leads to 2,600 U.S. fatalities each year. An active pro...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect driver-side and passenger-side airbags have had on the incidence and severity of maxillofacial trauma in victims of automobile accidents. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of all automobile (passenger cars and light trucks) accidents reported in 1994. SETTING New York State. PATIENTS Of the 595910 individuals involved in motor vehicle accidents in New York in ...

Successful development of side impact safety systems for rear row child occupants requires an understanding of injury causation and mitigation. However, data to guide the design of such safety systems for seat belt-restrained occupants is limited to injury risk assessments. Thus, we sought to elucidate Injury Causation Scenarios (ICS's) in children restrained by seat belts in nearside impacts. ...

Electronics play a key role in improving vehicles safety. Use of electronics has made possible the introduction and integration of a wide range of new safety and environmental devices in cars. Nowadays, both customer demands and government legislation continue to improve traffic safety. Safety awareness for vehicles has been increasing strongly since the 1980s. It started with simple seat-belt ...

In terms of the eVectiveness at the total population level, seat belts represent the front line of passive safety against death and serious injuries from passenger car crashes. They reduce by about 50% the risk of death and serious injury for car occupants; this knowledge, however, is not promptly translated into action and the frequency of seat belt use in the European Union member states vari...

The authors review traffic safety in the United States, with specific reference to military personnel, focusing on safety interventions and attempts to change driver behavior and decisions. Overall, driving has become safer over the last 20 years: A variety of factors seem to have contributed to this increased safety-better vehicle safety features, better road safety features, decreases in teen...