Travel with Angela Lansbury: Why Passengers Should Wear Seatbelts

Only this week I was a back seat passenger in a car and the driver and front seat passenger told me, 'no need to wear a seatbelt, it's not the law, he's a careful driver'.

That's not the point. You can be hit by a car from behind or sideways at a crossing. You could be hit an obstruction ahead. Or the tires can slip on a wet road or hit an obstruction or an animal or pedestrian or vehicle pulling out, or bike overtaking from behind or somebody overtaking from the opposite direction.

Seatbelts also stop the person in the back seat becoming a bullet or cannon ball to kill the person in the front seat. Save lives of yourself and others. Seat belts are there for a reason. Seatbelts save lives, save you from worse injuries.

I know of two events in 2022 which survival or being saved from worse injuries has been attributed to wearing seatbelts.

1 UK

2 USA

Car manufacturers have experimented with automatic seatbelts. These are not yet the norm in 2022.