Safety in car

2008-10-02T07:02:00.000-07:00

For some reason most of us don’t look too closely at the Safety in car, car looks, how good is it to drive, is it actually the car we can afford are issues which are uppermost.

Nothing wrong with that, it is no good buying a two seater sports car when you need room for a wife/husband, two kids and an Elkhound.

In previous articles we have looked at things to look into when buying your first car, or what safety for car is needed, here we are looking at safety in car.

What do I mean by safety in car? Let us take the driver first, to be safe you need to feel comfortable, if you start to suffer from seat induced aches and pains, your driving skill may well suffer. So be comfy.

You must have a driver’s airbag in the steering wheel, a side airbag is even better if you have that too. What about the basic controls of accelerator and brake? It is no good if every time you move your foot from accelerator to brake pedal your foot/shoe catches the side of the brake pedal, that second delay will mean you are no longer having safety in car.

I cannot emphasize enough, you must wear a seat belt, and one day you might thank me for nagging. Whilst you are putting it on, make sure your passengers have remembered too!

Back to safety in car for passengers, air bags to the front for front passengers is essential, with side ones being there too is better still, same as for driver really. Rear passengers would benefit enormously from side airbags too.

Children and babies need as much protection as possible, safety in car is heavily compromised by ill-fitting seat harnesses, incorrectly fitted child and booster seats. It really is not difficult to get it right, but to get it wrong could be lifetime regret. I cannot say enough, if in doubt take advice, it is freely given from many sources, the internet being one.

So we have everyone fitted into the car correctly, is everything complete? Safety in car can be ruined by ignoring the dog! If you have an estate car, put ‘Beethoven’ in a cage, they become much safer and your passengers/you will avoid a hurtling ton of destruction, horrid thought I know but it happens with dire consequences.

If the dog is to travel in a regular car, go and buy the appropriate safety harness, again in the event of an accident, you really, really do want to know where the dog is going to end up. Safety in car demands your respect.

The car itself, when driving to enhance your safety in car, do not have distractions, the controls are probably laid out quite well, but if you add a mobile, a sat nav, they become 2 more things to possibly think about. Try to avoid drinking, I don’t mean alcohol, I assume you wouldn’t drink and drive, but cans of coke do spill, can take your eyes at a critical moment, you know what I mean.

Safety in car. Enough to think about, hope it helps and please, please, please wear your seat belt.