Especially serious injuries during accidents get kids who sit not in children seats with safety belts unfastened.

According to the German statistic data, the children sitting on the basic seats get injured three time as often as those children who sit in children seats. It is explained by the fact that children’s neck vertebra are not very firm and are injured easily. In order to decrease such traumas in a number of countries it is prohibited to fasten children under 12 years with basic safety belts.

It is also dangerous to hold children on your laps, because at accident at 40 kmph a child weighing 5.5 kg is equal to a load of 100 kg for the person who holds it. It is preferable to sit children in special seats. Moreover, such seats must be equipped with 5-dot safety belts. Such scheme will enable the distribution of the blow on the wider surface of a child thus decreasing the possibility of getting serious injuries.
Safety belts with a preload system

The development of safety systems lead to the invention of a safety belt preload system which enables timely reaction to the accident by pulling the driver and the passengers closer to the backs of the seats thus saving from further movement forward by inertia and getting injuries from the steering-wheel, central panel and other body parts.

The additional element of the preload mechanism is a so-called load limiter. Its major purpose is to prevent thorax injuries from the load caused by the safety belt holding a body. When there is an overload the device slightly loosens the grip of the belt.

Nowadays, the passive safety systems are constantly developing and getting more complicated. Nevertheless, you have to keep in mind that only if you fasten properly you can avoid serious injuries.

How to Use Safety Belts Properly. Part I

The words “fit” and “racing car” seldom come into one sentence - and even if it happens, the readers scratch their heads with a puzzled look.

The car Honda Fit appeared on the Japanese market in 2001 and was aimed at the people between 40 and 50.

The first company to make an attempt to turn Honda Fit into a racing car was Spoon Sports in collaboration with Opak Racing. The goal of the company was the participation of Fit in “25 Hours of Thunderhill” where the durability of both the driver and the car are tested.

The collaboration turned out to be quite a successful one. In 2004 the car was on for 25 hours, and in 2005 took the seconds place in its class. The king of drifting himself, having driven in the car on the track Ebisu Circuit pointed out its lightness (just over 800 kg) and brilliant maneuverability in turns.

From the home town of Opak Racing San-Bruno, CA, the car was sent to ASpec Products in Al-Monte. The company is the official representative of Spoon in South California. ASpec have used the car for the purpose of promoting Honda Fit and Spoon. The car is painted yellow-blue and has been recently shown at the show GT Live in Phoenix, Arizona.

The tuning process took 4 months. All the unnecessary parts were thrown out of the car: air-conditioning system, seats, soundproof material. From that time on the major parts of the interior was the Kevlar racing seat by Spoon with Takata safety belts. The steering-wheel and suspension was replaced by Spoon analogs.

The automatic transmission has been replaced by a 5-gear mechanic. In order to enhance to body stiffness, Spoon has designed a special safety skeleton. The fuel tank and pump have been installed in the rear part of the car – for easier access during races.

The creators of the car focused on weight reduction and body stiffness increase, still another important issue was the suspension. The car was equipped with Spoon absorbers with Swift springs. Endless brake plates replaced the basic components. The wheels – classic SW388 by Spoon, 15×6 inch, the tires – Advan 205/50/15.

The engine and suspension have been changed only slightly in order to keep the requirements of the class. The filling of the 1.5-liter L15 engine is almost the same with only exhaust and admission by Spoon. The “brain” of the car is MoTeC system which controls all the crucial parameters of the engine work. The car has 115 hp and 149 Nm of torque.

The figures seem ridiculous! Still, it is better to drive fast on a slow car than slow on a fast one!

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With the super fast Internet development web design becomes a very demanded and popular service. Supply comes to meet the demand and when you are in need of an amateur 5-10 static page website design you turn to your younger relative/ neighbor who can easily make the ‘masterpiece’ in no time.

This sort of web design is OK for your first website. It does not matter if you run a personal, hobby or business website – sooner or later with your increasing Internet browsing experience you develop professional website taste and you are eager to change your initial website version completely.

Even those who run professionally designed websites make redesign every couple of years due to the same reason – Internet develops so fast and Internet technologies do the same that your website looks archaic and funny if you do no changes in 2-3 years.

So, it is an inevitable step that you will address a professional web design company. Your website requirements are standard:

- professional
- easy to update
- modern design
- latest technologies
- search engine friendly
- with attractive page layout
- unique
- proper support (online and offline) available

Once you turn to update your amateur or old style website with new and unique design you will see that most visitors will take you more seriously – due to this simple reason – professional web page design of your site.