Seat Belt Submarining The concept of an occupant submarining under a lap belt has been known by vehicle manufacturers since the 1960’s. Submarining occurs when an occupant’s pelvis rotates down and forward and allows the lap belt to slide over the pelvic bones into the soft abdominal tissue.
Accident investigators often mistakenly conclude that a person was ejected from a vehicle because they were not wearing their seatbelt. WRONG! Watch Why.
Todd Tracy, car accident attorney and auto safety expert, shows how the failure of the seat back my be grounds for an auto accident lawsuit against the carmaker if occupants receive catastrophic injury or they are killed.
For the vehicle to be crashworthy, various restraint systems must perform properly and prevent ejection and injurious contacts within the vehicle. One of the restraint systems known as seat must function properly during vehicle accidents to prevent ejection of the occupants from the vehicle.
Seat belt cases are the most frequent crashworthiness cases you will see because of mandatory use laws. Besides, as a society, we are told by talking anthropomorphic dummies to “Buckle up, don’t be a dummy.” Unfortunately, seatbelts do not work properly 100% of the time.
ASK THE VEHICLE SAFETY LAWYER – Children & Airbags This is a very intelligent question because you obviously realize that if your vehicle has front airbags, than the safest place for your children that are under age 12 is in the rear seat.
Todd Tracy prides himself on standing up for car accident victims who lost their lives or suffer from traumatic injuries that require lifelong care. Automakers and auto dealers must be held accountable for putting unsafe vehicles on the road.