Unsafe Or Not, Car Safety First
By: Esther
“The Car Safety Movement” was a serious movement. It started in the 1870s. People died and were injured because they didn’t have the safety that we have now. The technology that we have now is more safer than they had back then. We have invented seat belts,car seats, airbags and crash dummies,so less people will die or be injured and more people will be smiling.
Seat Belts- The seat belt supported The C
ar Safety Movement with a great deal of importance. The seat belt was not approved until 1983 because, the government did not know if the seat belt was safe or not . So in the amount of time they used the Mandatory Belt, for 2 entire months. You would be surprised how many people put the seat belt on “Incorrectly”. Did you know that ¾ crashes occur within 25 miles of your home? Also,Volvo…BRAVO you made Car Safety one step closer to PERFECT!! This invention will help us and many years to come.
Car Seats- Car seats are a great way to make kids safer and protected in the car. Less than 30 years ago, car seats weren’t required for kids. This was estimated by 1984 only half of all children under the age of four were in car seats. The mid 1970s for children car safety was beginning to make an impact on parents and they started thinking “I don’t want my child to get hurt”. Before this invention parents used to put there kids in canvas bags.Thanks Leonard Rivkin for being a big part in Car Safety with your invention of the child seat. This man used to own a furniture shop. How cool is that?
Air Bags- You might be wondering what an airbag is?An airbag is a soft pillow to land against, if you are 
ever in a car crash. Statistics reduce the risk of dying in a direct frontal crash by 30 percent. Today, some cars go beyond having dual airbags to having 6 or even 8 airbags. What an airbag wants to do is to slow the passengers speed to zero with little or no damage.You
know what John W. Hetrick you deserve a round of applause.
Crash Test Dummies- This was made for testing out inventions in the car to see if its going to be safe to put on sale. This way companies put out SAFE products and they keep their buyers safe. The Dummy is placed inside the test vehicle and is put on the seat, then 
is put in the position that a regular person would be sitting in and then is tested. Samuel W. Alderson AMAZING JOB with this and your creation. Your name will be remembered.
Ultimately… This Quote I found really meant something “Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.”~E.B. White, One Man’s Meat, 1943 meaning that anywhere you want to go such as, to work, home, school or even a vacation you get there in a car. Everywhere you go in a car you will need Car Safety, if you want you and your family to be safe.