Think! - Three Strikes (pre-9pm version)

Brand new 2008 public information film. We see how a man was killed in a car crash because, with no seatbelt to stop him, his internal organs kept travelling forward.

This is a "clean" version of the film with no blood or gore, and is shown before 9pm (the so-called "watershed" for mature content in the UK.)

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• public
• information
• film
• pif
• road
• safety
• seatbelts
• think!
• richard
• three
• strikes

[spideynut]

Whats the chance of him hitting exactly the same car?

[piflover]

Run a search for "Amber Gambler," another PIF that answers this question (and tells you it's his own fault for racing the traffic at red lights!)

[ppRoss]

but wearing a seatbelt would stop you more abrubtly causing greater acceleration of your internal organs.

[piflover]

But you don't go quite so far forward as you would without a seatbelt, so presumably there's less force and the arteries don't rip out of your heart like in this charming little film?

[hyean4]

don't know why it's called three strikes

[piflover]

Basically, the idea is that in a crash the car stops first, then your body stops, then your internal organs (after your broken ribs have torn through your heart etc.)

[Eggyrocks1]

@fyphfoko You should read up on seat belts. They are designed to stretch under the immense force of deceleration. This slows you down at a "manageable" level. This doesn't necessarily apply at very high speeds, as the force becomes too great; however, at these speeds, you are considerably more likely to survive wearing a seat belt than not.

[rangeroperatorseries]

Oh I hate this

[fyphfoko]

THIS. DOESN'T. MAKE. SENSE!

if thats what killed him, how the flak is a seatbelt supposed to prevent it. it wouldn't. he would stop faster but his internal orgens ...

oh thats it. no more seatbelt for me......

[Letcherism]

Would a Seat Belt actually save you, though..

[hyean4]

ohh cool