Seat Belt Replacement

Did you know that the seat belt should be replaced with a new one if it has any sign of cuts, fraying or abrasions?Routinely inspect the seat belt webbing before sending your vehicle for maintenance at the service center.Using a damaged seat belt can result in serious injuries and may not be able to save … Continue reading Seat Belt Replacement

Penggantian Tali Keledar

Tahukah anda bahawa tali keledar harus digantikan dengan yang baru sekiranya terdapat ianya koyak, berbulu atau melelas?Lakukan pemeriksaan tali keledar secara berkala sebelum menghantar kenderaan anda untuk diselenggara di pusat servis.Menggunakan tali keledar yang rosak boleh mengakibatkan kecederaan yang serius serta berkemungkinan besar tidak berupaya menyelamatkan nyawa pengguna sekiranya berlaku perlanggaran kenderaan.Pastikan tali keledar digantikan … Continue reading Penggantian Tali Keledar

Hadap-Belakang di Tempat Duduk yang Mempunyai Beg Udara

Dua minggu lepas dalam segment CRS Usage Errors kami telah membincangkan bagaimana ibubapa kerap menukarkan anak mereka dari hadap-belakang ke hadap-depan terlalu awal. Minggu ini, kami ingin menekankan tentang kesalahan sesetengah ibubapa yang meletakkan anak mereka secara hadap-belakang di tempat duduk penumpang hadapan yang mempunyai beg udara. Ini merupakan satu kesalahan besar dalam penggunaan kerusi … Continue reading Hadap-Belakang di Tempat Duduk yang Mempunyai Beg Udara

Benefits of Rear-Facing

Did you know why experts say rear-facing is better than forward-facing? Frontal impact or offset frontal vehicle crashes make up the majority of all collisions. Although rear-end crashes represent about 30% of total crashes, however, they comprise only about 5% of all serious and fatal crashes. Thus frontal collision is the key point in taking … Continue reading Benefits of Rear-Facing

Kebaikan Meletakkan Anak Secara Hadap-Belakang

Tahukah anda mengapa pakar-pakar menyatakan bahawa meletakkan anak anda di dalam kerusi keselamatan yang dipasang hadap-belakang lebih selamat dari hadap-depan? Perlanggaran dari hadapan atau secara ofset dari depan merupakan jenis perlanggaran yang paling banyak berlaku. Walaupun perlanggaran dari arah belakang mewakili kira-kira 30% daripada keseluruhan jenis perlanggaran, tahap keseriusan dan kemalangan maut akibat jenis perlanggaran … Continue reading Kebaikan Meletakkan Anak Secara Hadap-Belakang

Crash Dynamics: Newton’s Second Law

In crash survival engineering, the key is slowing you down as slowly as possible. This is because Newton's Second Law dictates that the force, F you feel during a crash is equal to your mass, m multiplied by your acceleration, a at the moment of impact. Acceleration here is referring to the change in speed … Continue reading Crash Dynamics: Newton’s Second Law

Crash Dynamics

A collision or crash is a random multi-factor event where one or more individuals fail to cope with their environment. It is an undesired circumstance(s) which gives rise to ill health, injury, damage, or increased liabilities. THE CONCEPT OF CRASH FORCES There are many factors related to injury prevention that must be considered before, during, … Continue reading Crash Dynamics

How Car Seats, Booster Seats, and Seat Belts Prevent Injury

Like a seat belt, child safety seats or often called car seats and booster seats are considered as the passive safety systems in a vehicle if installed and used correctly. They do not prevent crashes from taking place but they can prevent injuries & fatalities by reducing the severity of injury to vehicle occupants involved … Continue reading How Car Seats, Booster Seats, and Seat Belts Prevent Injury

Injury Prevention: Statistics & Challenges

GLOBALLY According to the World Report on Child Injury Prevention, the majority of child injuries for children below 18 years old, resulted from road traffic collisions, drowning, burns, falls or poisoning¹. These are categorised as unintentional injuries, which can be prevented. The rate of child injury death is 3.4 times higher in low-income and middle-income … Continue reading Injury Prevention: Statistics & Challenges