Jammed Seatbelt - What do you do?

Every year between 300 and 500 people die trapped in their car immersed in water. Many more perish in dry land accidents when their seat belt or their doors jam while their car is ablaze.

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Imaging you are driving along and suddenly you are forced off the road by another vehicle and your car ends up in a canal, pond or river.  Within seconds your electric windows become wet and won’t open.  The water pressure on the outside of the car makes it impossible to open the doors.  What would you do?

Or you are driving along the highway at 65 miles an hour and your front right tire blows out causing your car to flip over. The gas tank is ruptured and the car bursts into flames.  You desperately try to unbuckle your seat belt but it is jammed.  Smoke is pouring into your vehicle and the heat is becoming intense. You have seconds to react.

From children age 4 all the way up to adults aged 34, motor vehicle crashes were the top cause of unintentional death in 2005.  These statistics presented by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show that 19,516 people in these age groups died in that year alone.

These somber numbers should remind every driver to take extra precautions to protect themselves and all passengers. Drivers have the obligation under the law to ensure that young people are secured properly to their seats, whether by safety belts or by child car seats or booster seats.

Safety belts and car seats should always be used even with air bags installed in your car.  Statistics prove that you are far more likely to survive a car accident if you are properly restrained.  The seat belt will keep you secure in your vehicle, preventing you and your passengers from being hurled into the windshield or out of the car if the door should open. 

However, the same safety features built into your car to protect you can prevent you from escaping in some instances.  Did you know that car windows are made of tempered glass which is extremely difficult to break without a special tool specifically designed to do so.  And seat belts can become jammed making it impossible to get out in an emergency. 

For added safety, every driver should carry a personal escape tool in their car. A good quality lifesaving tool like the Original LifeHammer or the key chain escape tool, ResQMe can be used to quickly cut a jammed seat belt and break a tempered glass car window allowing you to escape.   In such life-threatening situations having an auto emergency escape tool can be the difference between life and death.

For more information about the Original LifeHammer and ResQMe go to www.saveyourlife.us