UNBELTED Crash Test & Seat Belt Reminder Evaluations

The IIHS shows us first in this video a crash test with an unbelted second-row occupant. Then you can see how the IIHS evaluates the Seat Belt Reminder.

To earn a good rating, a seat belt reminder system must generate an audible signal and visual alert on the dashboard display, overhead panel or center console when the vehicle is moving at least 6 mph and the system detects an unbelted occupant in one of the front-row seating positions or the unfastening of a second-row belt that was previously buckled.

Along with other specifications, the audible alert must be loud enough to be heard over the background noise in the vehicle cabin. If the seat belt of an occupied front-row seat remains unbuckled, the visual and audible reminders must last at least 90 seconds. If a previously fastened second-row belt is unbuckled, the reminders must last at least 30 seconds. A visual indicator that appears when the driver starts the vehicle is also required for the second row.

Source : IIHS

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[zyloproductions]

(Before the crash, the dummies talk to each other. The dummy in the rear seat speaks first)
Dummy 1: After this joyride I’m out of the crash dummy business for good.
Dummy 2: But Vince, it’s a great job! Heck, they would have to pry me away from it!
Vince: Hey, anybody home? Larry, they do pry you away!
Larry: Oh, right.
Vince: For years the IIHS has made me eat steering wheels, and for what??
Larry: To prove how seatbelts save lives!
Vince: But thousands die in car accidents every year because they don’t buckle up.
Announcer: Test will commence in 5 seconds.
(Vince reaches for his seatbelt)
Larry: Vince, we’re dummies. We don’t wear seatbelts.
Test Announcer: Test is underway.
(Car starts down the runway, Vince lets go of the belt)
Vince: Larry, you really know how to hurt a guy. Hit it!
(The car heads for the barrier)
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