seat belts - Reading

Air bags, stronger materials, and seatbelts are all designed to

• prevent injuries

• improve the car design

• have fun

Are seat belts mandatory in all United States?

• Yes

• No

Newton’s First Law of Motion is also known as the law of __________

• inertia

• force

• gravity

Inertia is the tendency of an object

• to resist any change in its motion.

• to resist any change in the temperature

• to resist any change in the mass

Seatbelts are designed ___________________ preventing them from being thrown from the vehicle after an accident.

• to counteract a person’s inertia,

• to counteract the different parts of the vehicle

• to improve the cost of the car

Modern seatbelts are known as three-point seatbelts because

• they go across the chest as well as the hips

• they go across the head as well as the hips

• they go across the chest as well as the legs

In a motor vehicle accident, _______________ moves it forward even though a secondary force has pushed it in another direction

• the vehicle’s gravity

• the vehicle’s inertia

• the vehicle’s weight

Simply wearing a seatbelt can reduce your risk of being injured in a crash by

• 50%

• 80%

• 20%

__________ for example, are the least likely group of people to wear a seatbelt

• Teenagers,

• young adults

• adults

• girls

to put their safety first and buckle up every time they get into a motor vehicle, even during short trips.

• People have to make the choice

• The goverment has to obligate

• Society have to obligate