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Vehicle seat accelerates and pushes into occupant's torso (i.e. central portion of the body in contact with seat) The torso loads the seat and is accelerated forward (seat will deflect rearward) Head remains stationary due to inertia; 150 ms Torso is accelerated by the vehicle seat and may start to ramp up the seat
In 2013, a new car seat regulation was introduced: "i-Size" is the name of a new European safety regulation that affects car seats for children under 15 months of age. It came into effect in July 2013 and provides extra protection in several ways, most notably by providing rearward facing travel for children up to 15 months instead of 9 to 12 ...
Isofix anchor points under a removable cover. Isofix (styled ISOFIX) is the international standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars. The system has other regional names including LATCH ("Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children") in the United States, and LUAS ("Lower Universal Anchorage System") or Canfix in Canada. [1]
Most seat belt laws in the United States are left to state law. However, the recommended age for a child to sit in the front passenger seat is 13. The first seat belt law was a federal law, Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Safety Standard, which took effect on January 1, 1968, that required all vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all designated seating ...
The driver and passenger front airbag modules, after having been deployed, in a Peugeot 306. An airbag is a vehicle occupant-restraint system using a bag designed to inflate in milliseconds during a collision and then deflate afterwards. [ 1 ] It consists of an airbag cushion, a flexible fabric bag, an inflation module, and an impact sensor.
GMC pick-up truck (full size) 2005. 16,622. 10. Honda CRV. 2001. 13,832. This is the condition a stolen Kia was left in after being taken in Wauwatosa. Many vehicle thieves ditch the cars after ...
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [ 1 ] Work on ICD-10 began in 1983, [ 2 ...
Motor vehicle pollution and pregnancy. The health of a mother directly affects the fetus during pregnancy. High levels of vehicle pollution where pregnant women reside can have adverse health effects on fetuses. In the United States about 10% of the population, 33 million people, live within 900 meters of a high traffic road [1] High-traffic ...