What safety features on my car can protect me during a Texas City rollover wreck?

 

A:

According to the NHTSA, the most important elements of your car's safety restraint system in the event of a car crash comprise:

*Your seatbelt;
*The airbag: and
*Your windshield.

The NHTSA's statistics indicate that:

*More than 40,000 people die each year in U.S. auto wrecks;
*Approximately another 5 million people receive serious injuries in car accidents;
*Those statistics represent a substantial fraction of the overall population;
*Roughly one third of fatal accidents involve rollover wrecks; or
*Ejection of occupants from their vehicles;
*Only 10% of accidents are rollover wrecks; and
*Approximately 75% of occupants ejected from vehicles do not survive their crashes.

The real importance of your seatbelt, airbag and laminated safety glass windshield exists in their ability to keep you inside your vehicle during a rollover wreck. This increases your chances of surviving the crash. But these crucial components of your car's safety restraint system need to be properly:
*Made;
*Installed; and
*Maintained to do their jobs.

More people die in rollover wrecks from impacts against parts of the vehicle as they get tossed around inside the car than die from roof crush. Your seatbelt and airbag minimize your impacts during a Texas City rollover wreck. And your windshield carries much of the load of your car's roof in a rollover wreck. The windshield can serve as a stronger support in preventing roof crush from a rollover wreck than most cars' fairly weak A, B and C structural support pillars.

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