Buckle up !

Last activity 07 December 2009 by Sandman6

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Expat JoeActive member25 May 2009 22:19:29

It is amazing how fast drivers in Libya got used to what is a reflex to westerners: buckling the seat belt...

It took some ads on local papers, a bunch of cops warning about the fine for 2 weeks, and now almost everybody is buckled up !

Didn't see any security campaign in Europe as efficient as this one here :-)

I used to recon expats by the sealt belt... Not anymore...

Sandman6ViP26 May 2009 05:43:29

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But they still don't buckle up in the back seat....

Most people don't realise that at only 60km/hr, a 30kg child not strapped in on the back seat will have sufficient kinetic energy when thrown forward during a collision, to kill a front seat passenger or driver.

gabachoContributor07 December 2009 07:32:33

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I think seatbelt usage has gone down quite a bit since the campaign and ticketing stopped. I also still see a lot of airbags crawling around the front dash and people's laps.

Sandman6ViP07 December 2009 07:52:19

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Nothing ceases to amaze me anymore when one of these idiots gets behind a steering wheel

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