What happens if you don't wear a seatbelt?
What happens if you don't wear a seatbelt? Being buckled up during a crash helps keep you safe and secure inside your vehicle; being completely ejected from a vehicle is almost always deadly. If you don't wear your seat belt, you could be thrown into a rapidly opening frontal air bag. Such force could injure or even kill you.
Do UK taxi drivers have to wear seat belts?
Seat belts are not required for licensed taxi drivers if they are carrying passengers according to British law. In contrast, taxi passengers must always wear a seatbelt and are not subject to the same rule.
Who invented seatbelts?
History. Seatbelts were invented by English engineer George Cayley, to use on his glider, in the mid-19th century. In 1946, C. Hunter Shelden opened a neurological practice at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California.
Is it illegal to have 6 passengers in a 5 passenger car UK?
The law doesn't currently prevent you from carrying more adult passengers than there are seat belts. However, children up to 135cms tall must use child restraints with few exceptions, which means they must use the seats in the vehicle that have seat belts to secure their restraints. This can limit carrying capacity.