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I don’t understand what happened in that video. Are we supposed to believe that the front seat will somehow move forward from the force of the rear passenger h

I don’t understand what happened in that video. Are we supposed to believe that the front seat will somehow move forward from the force of the rear passenger hitting it? And this force will be so great that it will crush the front driver’s skull against the steering wheel? Is that really the take-away here? If so, that’s a PSA about poor engineering and design of the driver seat and less about rear passenger seat belt safety.

MaxBarraclough 2y ago
I have no particular knowledge of this topic but from this 1998 BBC article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/128684.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/128684.stm : > It is estimated that if all rear seat belts were worn, 120 deaths and > 1,000 serious injuries could be prevented each year. Back seat > passengers are three times more likely to die in an accident if they > are not strapped in, according to the AA. > > The organisation says each year more than 50 people in the front seats > of cars are killed after being hit by back seat passengers who were > not wearing seatbelts. edit This 2018 article from the RAC also says it's real: https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/motoring-news/drivers-warned-of-seat-belt-dangers/ https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/motoring-news/drivers-warne...
cesnja 2y ago
Kinetic energy increases with the square of the velocity, so in a head-on collision everything not buckled on the back seat becomes a missile heading towards the passenger seats. Even a bag with a laptop is dangerous and you should put it in the foot compartment. And that's like 3kg while an average person will weigh around 70kg.