The girl that died in the accident at Tampines recently was seated in the back seat and not buckled up. She flew out of the car when the collision happened. Use that as an example as to why it's necessary to belt up in the backseat. Buckle up for safety. I've been buckling up in the backseat for years.
Thanks Steve! The testimony from the injured cab passenger is most real! In every collision, it is a matter of split second into hell and then back. Those who had met with an accident before would agree with her. Pls don't let any irresponsible individuals to tell you that it is ok not to wear safety belts when one is available, for whatever reasons.
I find it so hard to understand why people cannot grasp the importance of wearing a seat belt. I rem seeing a lot of taxi drivers putting a clip on their belt to pretend they are belted up. 😮
Me too, especially when Im the driver, I enforce seatbelts because I alway remind them about the case of the poor NUS girl flying out during a taxi accident and unfortunately pass away.
Seatbelts front and back are compulsory in Australia for over 50 years, it is up to AUD$500+ fine (depending on the state) for every adult in the car not wearing a seatbelt, if a child is not wearing a seatbelt or the proper chair, the responsible adult receives the fine in their stead and demerit points, if there is enough not wearing seatbelts, the driver can actually lose their license on the spot. Australians are taught to put seatbelts on from when they are babies, it is ingrained into their minds.
I think having the constant beeping alarm when someone sits in the rear seat is a good measure to make sure everyone is buckled up like my car. Every car manufacturer should add this function
If back seatbelt is compulsory for the safety of passengers then put it on! Not fair fining the driver in a taxi/grab if back seat passengers refused to put on seatbelt. Should be the responsibility of the adult passenger.
What irritates me is that when I get into a taxi in Singapore and the seat belts in the rear are not properly available. Meaning that the part that you put the buckle into is normally deep inside the seat and is difficult to pull out. And when you mention it to the driver, they react as if you have nothing better to do but annoy them.
Don't understand why couldn't you just clip it even though holder is inside of the seat? Still exposed right ? Or are you just that supersize that the seat belt length cannot cover fully
Appreciate the demonstration, but I don't think it might have convinced those who don't belt up in the back. Some might even argue, after looking at the demo, the dummy isn't dynamic and reactive but they are and they would have used their hands to stop themselves from being thrown forward. Incidentally, if you have an airbag in front of you and you don't belt up and are thrown forward in an accident, you're putting yourself in greater risk of injury and even death. Airbags deploy very rapidly and at a great force so if you're not restrained by a seat belt, you would be thrown towards an exploding airbag. Some cars have sensors that prevent the airbags from deploying if the corresponding seat belt is not buckled but some cars don't have such sensors. So moral of the story is - always belt up. In a car, in a plane (CAT turbulence), in a bus, in a train......basically any seat when there is a seat belt available. Personally, ever since seat belts were installed in the rear seat, I have always belted up whenever travelling in a car where seat belts are available.
I have friends from Singapore coming to Australia and not wearing seat belts while seated on the rear seat. In Oz, all newer cars will have the alarm beeping like crazy if it detects a rear passenger and belt is not fastened
My uber driver in Aus straight up pulled over at the side when one of the rear seatbelts came unbuckled and wouldn't go until the seatbelt was buckled again.
I was born in Malaysia in 1981 and I migrated to Australia in 1988. I noticed that the last time I went to Malaysia they do the same thing, no seat belts in the the back. But growing up in Australia it's just a habit to belt up wherever you sit. It's a huge fine over here.
That is curious. I'm from (New Zealand), well outside the USA and seatbelts started to be fitted as options here in the 1970's or so, initially just to the front seats. Later traffic laws were passed to mandate seat belts in the front seats for all cars built from 1955 or newer, and that, if installed, they must be worn. (For awhile there, I had an older model car, that was exempt from having ANY seatbelts !). Although there's always some folks that choose not to wear seatbelts, the nation rapidly achieved a high level of compliance. They've definitely saved my life once and saved me from nasty injuries at least, one other time. Compulsory seat belt laws were already in place when I started driving, so to me it's always been natural and automatic to put my belt on. Indeed on the occasions I drove an older vehicle which was exempt, I found my hand reaching up to grab the non existent belt, as I took my seat. When giving passengers rides in the back, I always ensure a seatbelt is available and is worn. It upsets me when on those rare occasions I have been given a ride in a backseat and the driver has shrugged off my request for a seatbelt "oh I had the back seat folded down earlier, the belt must be trapped underneath it. Don't worry, just go without it". Just recently I wrote an article for my 'blog about how Princess Diana of England and her new boyfriend Billionaire Dodi Fayed, would almost certainly have survived the 1997 car crash in Paris, with minimal injuries, if only they had chosen to wear the seatbelts as fitted to the very safe model of modern Mercedes they were rear seat passengers in. (I'll try to add the text in below). Whether you liked her or not, and whether another vehicle "helped" the crash to happen or not, there is no denying that both she (Princess Diana of England) and Dodi Fayed would have survived that crash with minimal injuries, if only they had chosen to wear their seatbelts. Their bodyguard, who clicked his belt in, just seconds before the crash, survived with serious injuries and he was in the far-less-survivable front seat. As rear seat passengers in what was one of the safest cars available at that time, it was their rich prick attitude that "seat belt laws don't apply to us, because we are rich" that got them both killed. Wasn't the accident in a 60 kmh (36 mph) speed zone ? Why would they speed up to 100kmh or 160kmh just to "avoid photographers" ? (It is sensible to speed, to avoid a man shooting at you with a machine gun, for example). So it was either a low speed crash, or a high speed crash for a reason that makes no sense. (early reports about the speedometer needle being "pinned" at some number, were outright fraudulent reports. One has to wonder why those reports were made and released to the media). Was their driver Henri drunk ? We don't know. We DO know that his blood sample was "compromised" whether by accident or deliberately. We have been told that Diana was NOT pregnant at the time of the crash, however given that French Authorities couldn't even manage to accurately sample blood for alcohol and keep it safe, means we might be suspicious of their pregnancy test results also. The French traffic crash investigation was so poor as to be laughable...again whether by accident or design, we can only guess. But hey, Prince (now King) Charlie got to marry his earlier love, with whom he had already re-kindled a relationship, and she's now Queen, so she's pretty happy about the way things turned out. But hey, there was NO conspiracy. Just ask Lee Harvey Oswald. He got his trial in court to prove his innocence didn't he ? (Maybe not !)
Reminder beepings for not buckling up is useful. Yet, it created a market for a car accessory that plugs into the buckle to disable/bypass the beeping. If implementing such standards, these dangerous bypass item must be banned.
Great write up on this issue. Please do one on child seat usage or should i say lack of using one for infants and toddlers. You can see most but not all drivers don't buckle up their kids. Worse case is they put the kid on the lap of a parent seating at the front seat. Who are they going blame if they met with a collision.
Last time I was in Japan, back seat passengers weren't required to wear seatbelts. I was asked why I did that and explained in Japanese that it's the law in America. The reply? Kind of weird (in Japanese, of course). Americans can be fined for traffic violations if they're not "buckled up for safety". It's hard to enforce, though. There was a famous commercial that had crash test dummies singing the "buckle up for safety" jingle. It made a big impression on my sisters and me when we were kids.
Japan is mandatory at the backseat only while on expressways, so they won't force people to put it on unless the route involves the expressway. I think everyone gets fined and those with driving license will all get their points deducted.
Interesting thoughts by some of those passengers. I believe there is "NO ABSOLUTE SAFEST SEAT" in a car, when you are involved in an accident. You or your driver can be a safe driver, but you cannot guarantee the same goes for other drivers. The seat belt is to help protect your own safety, no matter the distance travelled OR the speed travelling in. Anyway, I believe the seatbelt law had been updated many years back, it is mandatory to buckle up even in the back seat, fine and points deducted. Well, if you can't buckle up, go for other mode of transportation then 😂.
@@MrBFoRally most SG peep scardy one lah, once *the car* kept honking, and you see red and blue in the back mirror, would go to the shoulder... Unless they got something to hide...
I have to say I don’t have the habit wearing seat belt and my dad braked so hard I flew forward and hit my face to the AC in front. Thank you I still have my teeth 🦷!
The issue is not forgetting, but a lack of safety awareness, education and enforcement. People are just putting on the seatbelts to mute the sound or the driver. Many don’t realise that people have been flung out of cars in serious accidents. Unfortunately some cars do have poorly designed belts that rub against the neck.
Me personally. I don't wear seatbelt. 1. you trust the driver. 2. You trust your instinct. 3. You trust other drivers. Personally i have been in minor accident. It kind of like a SG mentality where you feel SG is safe enough,there crime but not as often.
It's a common situation in Malaysia too. People are not used to putting seat belt at rear seat, it feels awkward somehow. For me, I always put, and I never told my child front seat or back seat, I just told them seat belt every time.
Passengers should be 100% liable for their own safety and not the driver. In an accident scenario, passengers who don't wear sealtbelt when it happens, must not be allowed to sue the driver at all or be entitled for any claims.
Got a reared end one time and luckily I was wearing a seatbelt even though I was sitting at the back. My bag flew from near me to the front chair! I might lose all my teeth. So please guys, please keep wearing seatbelt even though you are sitting at the back. It might save your teeth and your life
Well, if you wear a seatbelt while in the passenger seat, an annoying alarm would sound. I guess thats why most dont wear seatbelts when at the backseat since theres no alarm that bugs them to wear.
It took me a while to put on seat belt when sitting at the rear. Its very simple and straightforward. Just think about it, if the driver and front passenger are always belted up (safety apart from regulatory reasons), does it even make any sense for rear passengers to be not belted? Think about this from safety angle (potentially getting into a incident/accident) and it make complete sense for every single person to be belted. Why put oneself in a disadvantage position when such situation can be eliminated?
In Indonesia, some of early 2000 Volvo S80 has rear seat belt sensor and notify the driver on the small screen if someone on the back is not buckled up yet. No warning sounds was enabled. However it is optional and not present on the base model. At that year, seatbelts wasn't used in Indonesia, not even on front seats. Today, still many cheap cars sold doesnt even have a proper seatbelts in front seats (no tensioner, you need to tighten yourself like on airplanes) And a lot of private hire taxi driver remove the rear seat belt entirely
Can CNA Insider please do an investigation into leftover food (especially vegetables). There are many articles out there saying that having leftovers the next days especially vegetables will cause cancer. thanks
You can just google videos of backseat riders flying out of cars in accidents, there are so many of them. I also have a personal friend involved in a car accident in Sydney. He already graduated from uni and this was his last hurrah before returning to SG. He didn't make it. Flew out of the car from the backseat. Also whenever I see Steve drive his old Merc it gives me anxiety. There is no head rest for him, the headrest is not just to rest your head but reduce whiplash during an accident.
Who are these people???? I've never not instantly worn a seatbelt in Singapore in the rear seat because of the legal requirement?? When I travelled to countries without seatbelts I actually had a panic and could only physically tie myself to the remaining scraps of the belts.
I used to do it automatically when the rear seat belt law was started many years ago, when I board a taxi but after some time.. started not to as it's restrictive..
On TV, unless you really don't know, you always should say the right thing. If not, other people watching will complain to the authorities and want the authorities to do something about it.
I agree with a commentor here that the practical demo with the dummy is not very useful as visually the 40kmh and 120kmh impact "looks" similar, but we know the forces involved increases exponentially with speed. We don't know the dummy's weight either, so the demo is practically useless. Maybe putting the dummy in the middle seat and showing it fly to the front would be more convincing. Either way, buckle up!
Here in South Africa passengers are required to wear a seatbelt and the driver is 100% responsible for it. Passengers are not expected to know the rules and regulations of the road. I think it's entirely fair that the driver is at least partially responsible. It is possible for them to refuse to move the car until all passengers are restrained appropriately. Although I understand this can be more difficult for taxi and ride share drivers so it makes sense to penalise the passenger as well.
A shame that a number of Singaporean (some of my friends and elderly that i know), hate wearing seat belt as they feel that the seat belt is holding them and is feel discomfort plus lazy and think that no police will fine them or catch them, and think there noting wrong of not wearing when they are at the back seat .
Here in Malaysia, the government alwways said wear seatbelt at the back seat ... so I did it ... because I thought the government doesn't need to lie to me on small matter like this .... but turn out most people I know doesn't wear seat belt at back seats. So ya ... I am the rare one.
The late Diana, the Princess of Wales would have lived if she was wearing one, sadly. That's one thought I always remember when I ride the backseat and reminds me that I have to wear one.
It's better to have less comfort than to have no life/limb. It takes just one unfortunate accident and you can regret it for life, i.e. if you're lucky enough to survive. Some years ago my wife and I were travelling in a cab in Taipei, there're no requirements to belt up at the rear seat. My wife was holding our 1 year old daughter. I've belted up and reminded her to do so, while taking over our baby. In less than 10s after she belted up, the cab driver hit another car from the opposite direction that was making an illegal U-Turn. The cab wasn't really that fast at around 40km/h, but we felt such great force from the restraining seat belt, it is like choking us. My baby girl would have been crushed between me and the front seat if the seat belt hasn't restrained me. My wife would also have suffered serious injury. Because we have belted up, we were unscathed and could continue with our trip for the rest of the day; instead of lying in hospital bed and maybe mourning for my baby. This was the difference that buckling up at the rear seat did for us. From then onwards, my wife needs no more reminders to belt up whether she is sitting in front or back of a car.
The demonstration is very conservative as a car typically decelerates at around 2G using brakes, while an impact can be in the order of 10G to 20G depending on what is the car hitting. The airbags are what is known as a SRS or supplementary restraint system. Your seat belts are the PRIMARY restraint system which keeps you in place, and the airbags prevents you from slamming into the dashboard should the impact be exceedingly forceful and rams the dashboard into you (and not you into the dashboard). If you do not belt up in front, you may survive the initial impact, only to the killed by the inflating airbag because your body/head is now in the striking zone of the airbag. I problably wouldn't be here typing this if it wasn't everyone in my car having belts in during my accident in the UK.
It's not optional. It's mandatory. No licence, pay fine. Got licence, DIPs point (if not rmb wrongly) plus fine. Driver responsibility to ensure his passenger wear seatbelt at All time. 01.00
@@tankman20064 No it was there all the time.. I share with my ex students all the time during day 1 of their L Plate. But I share w them, if U have license, the DIP demerits points may occurs to U as a passengers. Hahaha...
Passengers, both front and rear when caught for not belting up, the driver of the vehicle will also kenna. So the authorities in making the traffic laws had placed the onus of passengers not belting up onto the driver. Sounds fair to me😆😆
17:17 got many event when I bought soil and fertilizer and make them "seat" at rear and front passenger seat.. I need to buckle them up... Because of the precise seat warning sound.. Yes. Annoying. Hahahaa
I thought enforcement of this was more stringent in 2009, as, at the time, I was only eight years old when i first visited Singapore. I was told by a taxi driver to sit in the back due to laws that prohibit people under 12 years old to sit in the front seat. Even though I am a US citizen, I was visiting family in Vietnam and took a short trip to Singapore from Vietnam. At the time of my first trip to Singapore, Vietnam's seat belt laws were far more lax than they are today.
Look at the indonesian actress accident, vanessa angel. She was sat in the middle row seat without using seat belt, until the accident happened. Her car rolled and her body thrown away from her car.
The big issue aswell is that the rear belt reminders only warn if the belt was previously buckled and then unfastened, not if you just sit down. You can see what happens in the car that has the pressure sensing rear seat warnings that don’t rely on the fastening and unfastening and work from just sitting down
People tend to feel that rear seats "safer" than the front. But I always ask them, rear seats got airbags or not? Infront got airbag you will wear but rear seats no seat belt then don't wear?
I wear, anything can happen from another car suddenly losing control, e-breaks to avoid cars speeding across (read Tampines). The last I want is to sing “I believe I can fly”.
I always wear seat belt whenever I seat. Be it front or back. I had an accident before, in which the front car jam brake after he saw a puddle of water. Speed was around 50~60km/h? Several cars in front and myself all rammed. My friend who sat in the rear, without a seat belt, was throw forward to the front seat, which bended the seat. From that day onwards, always ON.
Annoying beeps will save the driver from being in an awkward situation with most passengers. It's just the car that tells passengers to buckle up, not the driver.
SINGAPORE is a FINE country. So good that govt is imposing mandatory seatbelt for rear passengers. But noticed should be place where the rear passenger can see.
what about in a bus? should be mandatory to wear seatbelt also right? i remember there was this case where the bus driver did a sudden braking and passengers were thrown out of their seats with injuries. They should implement such thing in buses as well since i realise that only some seats have seatbelts
2 points! 1) if someday someone did some studies and found that wearing helmet can prevent x amount of injuries or even death in an accident, do we want to start enforcement of wearing helmet in a car? 2) Why have such law? We have been a nanny state for way too long. People are become sheep who could not recognize a wolf. And the worst situation is, people might despise the law enforcer more for nitpicking on such petty issue. My take is, allow citizen to take risk, educate them instead of keep using the stick to hit. Citizen will come to their senses if they know that they are not covered by insurance if they are not wearing a seat belt.
1) Helmet protects against head injuries, but head injuries are very uncommon in a car. So helmet in a car offers very minimal protection. 2) It's not just about liability. It's already explained in the video that not belting up doesn't just affect you, but the other people in the car too. You become a missile and hit the people in front. It's easy to say you take your own risk but you cannot put other people at risk too. Seat belt laws are global by the way. It's not just Singapore.
@@benchiaase and your point 2) you have just given a good reason for wearing helmet. There is always a good reason to be kiasu, kiasee. And when majority say so, it doesn't means they are right.
I always put on seatbelt. Because I don’t want get the driver into trouble. Plus is not getting safer at all. It’s totally not fair to fine the drivers as passengers don’t want to put on seatbelts. Advices have being given for the past many years already, some passengers show their ego not happy putting on seat. Childish attitude.
In Canada it’s the law that everybody in the car must wear a seatbelt, front or back seat. This has been the law for decades. I’m surprised it’s not law everywhere
Steve! Can you do an episode to check why for taxi no booster seat is required for kids but for phv it’s required? Why do we have to pay a price premium for kids seat. It’s so unfair and not helpful for parents who’s just trying to save some dollars. The reasoning of taxi insurance or phv insurance is different doesn’t make any sense at all, these are just rules that we set for ourselves.
Best to wear safety belt all time. Annoyed with someone bought the seatbelt clip (from shop or online) which use to disable alarm. This should be banned except for seatbelt repair purpose on licensed auto parts shops.
In Malaysia the polis don't wear seatbelts, they say it's easier to get out of the car when it's an emergency or responding to a situation hahaha. Cannot brain this.
I recommend TP tp to make it mandatory for every backseat passenger to not only belt up but also to take up the brace position like what people would do on airplanes 😊, like that even more safe, what do you guys reckon?
Buses are typically larger and heavier than other automobiles, which makes them less likely to sustain damage in a collision. Also, seats in a bus are typically installed equidistant from each other, which helps to absorb the impact of a collision or sudden stop
Hi CNA, can do an episode on the coconut water? Recently market selling lots of bottle coconut water, I really want to find out whether are they extracted from the real coconut or they have added any other forms of artifical inside
Its an auto mode for me. Whenever I sit inside a car my hand will reach out to the seat belt be it front or back seat. I will unbuckle if im stuck in a long jam at causeway thou.
Many times, after something happen then one will realize the importance of the sit-belt at the rear.... just imagine you are sitting behind WhatsApp your friends in a Grab... then suddenly driver jam break in a highway just to avoid a major accident... you will never see it coming till you are injured. Luckily I only walk away with whiplash injury thanks to the sit-belt... else it could be worst !
The girl that died in the accident at Tampines recently was seated in the back seat and not buckled up. She flew out of the car when the collision happened. Use that as an example as to why it's necessary to belt up in the backseat. Buckle up for safety. I've been buckling up in the backseat for years.
There are other accidents (whether in Singapore or around the world) but sadly people only learn when things happen to them personally.
Unbuckled or not the speed of the car that crash into her would not likely make any impact to her survivability. So she will still be dead.
Thanks Steve! The testimony from the injured cab passenger is most real! In every collision, it is a matter of split second into hell and then back. Those who had met with an accident before would agree with her.
Pls don't let any irresponsible individuals to tell you that it is ok not to wear safety belts when one is available, for whatever reasons.
I got called weird by my friends and family for belting up when in the rear seat
ask them what is so weird about belting up in the rear seat? Maybe they are weird for not doing so
@@hermesz_ nothing weird about not wanting to die.
I find it so hard to understand why people cannot grasp the importance of wearing a seat belt. I rem seeing a lot of taxi drivers putting a clip on their belt to pretend they are belted up. 😮
@@julesgoh stupidity at its peak
Me too, especially when Im the driver, I enforce seatbelts because I alway remind them about the case of the poor NUS girl flying out during a taxi accident and unfortunately pass away.
Seatbelts front and back are compulsory in Australia for over 50 years, it is up to AUD$500+ fine (depending on the state) for every adult in the car not wearing a seatbelt, if a child is not wearing a seatbelt or the proper chair, the responsible adult receives the fine in their stead and demerit points, if there is enough not wearing seatbelts, the driver can actually lose their license on the spot. Australians are taught to put seatbelts on from when they are babies, it is ingrained into their minds.
Thank you Steve and CNA Talking Point team for your acts of service! This could easily save some lives! ❤
I think having the constant beeping alarm when someone sits in the rear seat is a good measure to make sure everyone is buckled up like my car. Every car manufacturer should add this function
same models but sold in other countries do comes with that feature. fortunately, singapore vehicles don't have such feature to be enable.
people needs to appreciate the true value of seatbelts, not just be forced or threaten into using them
people will just stop buying that car
If back seatbelt is compulsory for the safety of passengers then put it on! Not fair fining the driver in a taxi/grab if back seat passengers refused to put on seatbelt. Should be the responsibility of the adult passenger.
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What irritates me is that when I get into a taxi in Singapore and the seat belts in the rear are not properly available.
Meaning that the part that you put the buckle into is normally deep inside the seat and is difficult to pull out. And when you mention it to the driver, they react as if you have nothing better to do but annoy them.
That is because they have not been used in a long time. And yea, you shouldn't annoy the driver by complaining at them.
Yeah, complain to LTA instead
Don't understand why couldn't you just clip it even though holder is inside of the seat? Still exposed right ?
Or are you just that supersize that the seat belt length cannot cover fully
i've never had an issue with seats belts front or back.
Yes its hard to. But its not impossible right. U want ur life or u wan to complain
Appreciate the demonstration, but I don't think it might have convinced those who don't belt up in the back. Some might even argue, after looking at the demo, the dummy isn't dynamic and reactive but they are and they would have used their hands to stop themselves from being thrown forward. Incidentally, if you have an airbag in front of you and you don't belt up and are thrown forward in an accident, you're putting yourself in greater risk of injury and even death. Airbags deploy very rapidly and at a great force so if you're not restrained by a seat belt, you would be thrown towards an exploding airbag. Some cars have sensors that prevent the airbags from deploying if the corresponding seat belt is not buckled but some cars don't have such sensors. So moral of the story is - always belt up. In a car, in a plane (CAT turbulence), in a bus, in a train......basically any seat when there is a seat belt available.
Personally, ever since seat belts were installed in the rear seat, I have always belted up whenever travelling in a car where seat belts are available.
I would be less concerned about the airbag situation and instead look at statistics of how many people die without seatbelts
My family always put on seatbelt. We trained our kids that the first thing you should do when getting into a car is to put on the seat belt.
I have friends from Singapore coming to Australia and not wearing seat belts while seated on the rear seat. In Oz, all newer cars will have the alarm beeping like crazy if it detects a rear passenger and belt is not fastened
Who care about the alarm beeping.. you get photo and ticket in the mail. this include the lady that love to wear underarm seat-belt.
@@anubizz3wait what is underarm seatbelt? Is it just waist seatbelt?
My uber driver in Aus straight up pulled over at the side when one of the rear seatbelts came unbuckled and wouldn't go until the seatbelt was buckled again.
@@tommyfield8449 Your wear your normal seats belt under your arm instead let it rest in your shoulders . Middle seat waist belt are legal
@@zoomtzt that’s because the driver will get fined with demerit points applied if the passengers are not buckled up
I was born in Malaysia in 1981 and I migrated to Australia in 1988. I noticed that the last time I went to Malaysia they do the same thing, no seat belts in the the back. But growing up in Australia it's just a habit to belt up wherever you sit. It's a huge fine over here.
In malaysia, even if you get a fine, you can still ask for a discount
Safety belt saved my life twice. Belt on, no matter front or back seat, short or long rides.
Please do a follow up episode about child seat safety. There’s a lot to uncover there as well.
That is curious. I'm from (New Zealand), well outside the USA and seatbelts started to be fitted as options here in the 1970's or so, initially just to the front seats. Later traffic laws were passed to mandate seat belts in the front seats for all cars built from 1955 or newer, and that, if installed, they must be worn.
(For awhile there, I had an older model car, that was exempt from having ANY seatbelts !).
Although there's always some folks that choose not to wear seatbelts, the nation rapidly achieved a high level of compliance. They've definitely saved my life once and saved me from nasty injuries at least, one other time.
Compulsory seat belt laws were already in place when I started driving, so to me it's always been natural and automatic to put my belt on. Indeed on the occasions I drove an older vehicle which was exempt, I found my hand reaching up to grab the non existent belt, as I took my seat.
When giving passengers rides in the back, I always ensure a seatbelt is available and is worn. It upsets me when on those rare occasions I have been given a ride in a backseat and the driver has shrugged off my request for a seatbelt "oh I had the back seat folded down earlier, the belt must be trapped underneath it. Don't worry, just go without it".
Just recently I wrote an article for my 'blog about how Princess Diana of England and her new boyfriend Billionaire Dodi Fayed, would almost certainly have survived the 1997 car crash in Paris, with minimal injuries, if only they had chosen to wear the seatbelts as fitted to the very safe model of modern Mercedes they were rear seat passengers in. (I'll try to add the text in below).
Whether you liked her or not, and whether another vehicle "helped" the crash to happen or not, there is no denying that both she (Princess Diana of England) and Dodi Fayed would have survived that crash with minimal injuries, if only they had chosen to wear their seatbelts.
Their bodyguard, who clicked his belt in, just seconds before the crash, survived with serious injuries and he was in the far-less-survivable front seat.
As rear seat passengers in what was one of the safest cars available at that time, it was their rich prick attitude that "seat belt laws don't apply to us, because we are rich" that got them both killed.
Wasn't the accident in a 60 kmh (36 mph) speed zone ? Why would they speed up to 100kmh or 160kmh just to "avoid photographers" ? (It is sensible to speed, to avoid a man shooting at you with a machine gun, for example). So it was either a low speed crash, or a high speed crash for a reason that makes no sense. (early reports about the speedometer needle being "pinned" at some number, were outright fraudulent reports. One has to wonder why those reports were made and released to the media).
Was their driver Henri drunk ? We don't know. We DO know that his blood sample was "compromised" whether by accident or deliberately.
We have been told that Diana was NOT pregnant at the time of the crash, however given that French Authorities couldn't even manage to accurately sample blood for alcohol and keep it safe, means we might be suspicious of their pregnancy test results also.
The French traffic crash investigation was so poor as to be laughable...again whether by accident or design, we can only guess.
But hey, Prince (now King) Charlie got to marry his earlier love, with whom he had already re-kindled a relationship, and she's now Queen, so she's pretty happy about the way things turned out.
But hey, there was NO conspiracy. Just ask Lee Harvey Oswald. He got his trial in court to prove his innocence didn't he ? (Maybe not !)
Reminder beepings for not buckling up is useful. Yet, it created a market for a car accessory that plugs into the buckle to disable/bypass the beeping. If implementing such standards, these dangerous bypass item must be banned.
Everyone gangsta until they get into an accident.
What sucks is that their weight actually pushes into the driver or front passenger as their cushion 💀
Great write up on this issue. Please do one on child seat usage or should i say lack of using one for infants and toddlers. You can see most but not all drivers don't buckle up their kids. Worse case is they put the kid on the lap of a parent seating at the front seat. Who are they going blame if they met with a collision.
If anything it is especially in Singapore where you need to belt up in the back. So scary the drivers here.
Last time I was in Japan, back seat passengers weren't required to wear seatbelts. I was asked why I did that and explained in Japanese that it's the law in America. The reply? Kind of weird (in Japanese, of course).
Americans can be fined for traffic violations if they're not "buckled up for safety". It's hard to enforce, though. There was a famous commercial that had crash test dummies singing the "buckle up for safety" jingle. It made a big impression on my sisters and me when we were kids.
Did you go before June 1, 2008?
Japan is mandatory at the backseat only while on expressways, so they won't force people to put it on unless the route involves the expressway.
I think everyone gets fined and those with driving license will all get their points deducted.
We were expecting Steve to sacrifice for us like always to be the dummy passenger on the stunt car. 😂
Interesting thoughts by some of those passengers. I believe there is "NO ABSOLUTE SAFEST SEAT" in a car, when you are involved in an accident. You or your driver can be a safe driver, but you cannot guarantee the same goes for other drivers. The seat belt is to help protect your own safety, no matter the distance travelled OR the speed travelling in. Anyway, I believe the seatbelt law had been updated many years back, it is mandatory to buckle up even in the back seat, fine and points deducted. Well, if you can't buckle up, go for other mode of transportation then 😂.
For a moment, I thought the Comfort taxi was gonna go nuts and lead the traffic police on a high speed chase, lolz
As it could happen in singapore , im not a singaporean tho
@@MrBFoRally most SG peep scardy one lah, once *the car* kept honking, and you see red and blue in the back mirror, would go to the shoulder...
Unless they got something to hide...
Where can you run to? 😂
I have to say I don’t have the habit wearing seat belt and my dad braked so hard I flew forward and hit my face to the AC in front. Thank you I still have my teeth 🦷!
Did that make you wear seatbelt then?
The issue is not forgetting, but a lack of safety awareness, education and enforcement.
People are just putting on the seatbelts to mute the sound or the driver.
Many don’t realise that people have been flung out of cars in serious accidents.
Unfortunately some cars do have poorly designed belts that rub against the neck.
Me personally. I don't wear seatbelt.
1. you trust the driver.
2. You trust your instinct.
3. You trust other drivers.
Personally i have been in minor accident.
It kind of like a SG mentality where you feel SG is safe enough,there crime but not as often.
It's a common situation in Malaysia too. People are not used to putting seat belt at rear seat, it feels awkward somehow.
For me, I always put, and I never told my child front seat or back seat, I just told them seat belt every time.
ride sharing apps should put warning messages before every trip that seatbelts are mandatory or be denied boarding
Passengers should be 100% liable for their own safety and not the driver. In an accident scenario, passengers who don't wear sealtbelt when it happens, must not be allowed to sue the driver at all or be entitled for any claims.
Got a reared end one time and luckily I was wearing a seatbelt even though I was sitting at the back. My bag flew from near me to the front chair! I might lose all my teeth. So please guys, please keep wearing seatbelt even though you are sitting at the back. It might save your teeth and your life
Well, if you wear a seatbelt while in the passenger seat, an annoying alarm would sound. I guess thats why most dont wear seatbelts when at the backseat since theres no alarm that bugs them to wear.
My friends & I go on hikes. They are aware when they choose not to wear a seat belt or ignore park laws they are choosing to take the public bus home.
great docu! me and my family always buckle up...even if i am alone i always buckle up.....accidents may happen all the time....let's be responsible
It took me a while to put on seat belt when sitting at the rear. Its very simple and straightforward. Just think about it, if the driver and front passenger are always belted up (safety apart from regulatory reasons), does it even make any sense for rear passengers to be not belted? Think about this from safety angle (potentially getting into a incident/accident) and it make complete sense for every single person to be belted. Why put oneself in a disadvantage position when such situation can be eliminated?
In Indonesia, some of early 2000 Volvo S80 has rear seat belt sensor and notify the driver on the small screen if someone on the back is not buckled up yet. No warning sounds was enabled. However it is optional and not present on the base model.
At that year, seatbelts wasn't used in Indonesia, not even on front seats.
Today, still many cheap cars sold doesnt even have a proper seatbelts in front seats (no tensioner, you need to tighten yourself like on airplanes)
And a lot of private hire taxi driver remove the rear seat belt entirely
I was taught at an early age to wear a seat belt no matter wear I'm sitting. People should care more about their safety.
The "belt up" sticker is extremely fantastic. How can i get hold of the sticker?
Maybe can do one episode on why public bus driver need not seat belt.. I have been wondering for many years already
Now see Mazda, also must siam or follow traffic rules
LTA: ERP 2.0 > Rear seat belt reminder systems
More money > Safety
Mazda, Toyota, same same lah. Just follow law can liao...
As a driver for 3 decades, I am first and foremost the most important factor in my passengers’ safety. Period.
Can CNA Insider please do an investigation into leftover food (especially vegetables). There are many articles out there saying that having leftovers the next days especially vegetables will cause cancer. thanks
You can just google videos of backseat riders flying out of cars in accidents, there are so many of them. I also have a personal friend involved in a car accident in Sydney. He already graduated from uni and this was his last hurrah before returning to SG. He didn't make it. Flew out of the car from the backseat.
Also whenever I see Steve drive his old Merc it gives me anxiety. There is no head rest for him, the headrest is not just to rest your head but reduce whiplash during an accident.
In European countries, this is not even a question.
Who are these people???? I've never not instantly worn a seatbelt in Singapore in the rear seat because of the legal requirement?? When I travelled to countries without seatbelts I actually had a panic and could only physically tie myself to the remaining scraps of the belts.
I used to do it automatically when the rear seat belt law was started many years ago, when I board a taxi but after some time.. started not to as it's restrictive..
I sensed a lot of lies from the passengers talking about belting up. I think the majority would even think of belting up, haha.
On TV, unless you really don't know, you always should say the right thing. If not, other people watching will complain to the authorities and want the authorities to do something about it.
I agree with a commentor here that the practical demo with the dummy is not very useful as visually the 40kmh and 120kmh impact "looks" similar, but we know the forces involved increases exponentially with speed. We don't know the dummy's weight either, so the demo is practically useless. Maybe putting the dummy in the middle seat and showing it fly to the front would be more convincing.
Either way, buckle up!
Here in South Africa passengers are required to wear a seatbelt and the driver is 100% responsible for it. Passengers are not expected to know the rules and regulations of the road. I think it's entirely fair that the driver is at least partially responsible. It is possible for them to refuse to move the car until all passengers are restrained appropriately. Although I understand this can be more difficult for taxi and ride share drivers so it makes sense to penalise the passenger as well.
I just make it a habit to tell everyone to buckle, especially in the backseat. Natural tendency especially if getting into a taxi or private hire.
why is the same set of rules not impose on public buses?
A shame that a number of Singaporean (some of my friends and elderly that i know), hate wearing seat belt as they feel that the seat belt is holding them and is feel discomfort plus lazy and think that no police will fine them or catch them, and think there noting wrong of not wearing when they are at the back seat .
But car seat is still not mandatory if taxi right? How to belt up kids if no car seat? I thought that would be dangerous.
Taxi not mandated, but private hire is. never confuse.
You are doing good for Singapore
I always belt up now in private and taxis…especially taxis because they drive dangerously 😅
Here in Malaysia, the government alwways said wear seatbelt at the back seat ... so I did it ... because I thought the government doesn't need to lie to me on small matter like this .... but turn out most people I know doesn't wear seat belt at back seats. So ya ... I am the rare one.
19:49 it's not just about your vehicle's speed. It's also about OTHERS that are out of the driver's control.
The late Diana, the Princess of Wales would have lived if she was wearing one, sadly. That's one thought I always remember when I ride the backseat and reminds me that I have to wear one.
Yes, me did it all the time. And my child too from her first trip going back home from hospital at age 3days old.
As a driver I belt up automatically due to habit but many times when I take taxi the buckle not working.
It's better to have less comfort than to have no life/limb.
It takes just one unfortunate accident and you can regret it for life, i.e. if you're lucky enough to survive.
Some years ago my wife and I were travelling in a cab in Taipei, there're no requirements to belt up at the rear seat.
My wife was holding our 1 year old daughter. I've belted up and reminded her to do so, while taking over our baby. In less than 10s after she belted up, the cab driver hit another car from the opposite direction that was making an illegal U-Turn. The cab wasn't really that fast at around 40km/h, but we felt such great force from the restraining seat belt, it is like choking us. My baby girl would have been crushed between me and the front seat if the seat belt hasn't restrained me. My wife would also have suffered serious injury.
Because we have belted up, we were unscathed and could continue with our trip for the rest of the day; instead of lying in hospital bed and maybe mourning for my baby.
This was the difference that buckling up at the rear seat did for us. From then onwards, my wife needs no more reminders to belt up whether she is sitting in front or back of a car.
The demonstration is very conservative as a car typically decelerates at around 2G using brakes, while an impact can be in the order of 10G to 20G depending on what is the car hitting.
The airbags are what is known as a SRS or supplementary restraint system. Your seat belts are the PRIMARY restraint system which keeps you in place, and the airbags prevents you from slamming into the dashboard should the impact be exceedingly forceful and rams the dashboard into you (and not you into the dashboard). If you do not belt up in front, you may survive the initial impact, only to the killed by the inflating airbag because your body/head is now in the striking zone of the airbag.
I problably wouldn't be here typing this if it wasn't everyone in my car having belts in during my accident in the UK.
It's not optional. It's mandatory.
No licence, pay fine.
Got licence, DIPs point (if not rmb wrongly) plus fine.
Driver responsibility to ensure his passenger wear seatbelt at
All time. 01.00
Keep on changing the law. And give people issues
@@tankman20064 No it was there all the time.. I share with my ex students all the time during day 1 of their L Plate.
But I share w them, if U have license, the DIP demerits points may occurs to U as a passengers.
Hahaha...
@@tankman20064 it's basically "知法犯法" (know the law, break the law). You know if ya a police in NS you will get double, right? same logic.
@@tankman20064 the law has been there since the 1990s
Job well done guys, that is why i love this show.
Passengers, both front and rear when caught for not belting up, the driver of the vehicle will also kenna.
So the authorities in making the traffic laws had placed the onus of passengers not belting up onto the driver.
Sounds fair to me😆😆
Great episode! Good clarification for safety. Thank you.
17:17 got many event when I bought soil and fertilizer and make them "seat" at rear and front passenger seat..
I need to buckle them up...
Because of the precise seat warning sound..
Yes. Annoying.
Hahahaa
I thought enforcement of this was more stringent in 2009, as, at the time, I was only eight years old when i first visited Singapore. I was told by a taxi driver to sit in the back due to laws that prohibit people under 12 years old to sit in the front seat.
Even though I am a US citizen, I was visiting family in Vietnam and took a short trip to Singapore from Vietnam. At the time of my first trip to Singapore, Vietnam's seat belt laws were far more lax than they are today.
My father who was a taxi driver (around 2000) also told me so, and always told me to wear it.
Look at the indonesian actress accident, vanessa angel.
She was sat in the middle row seat without using seat belt, until the accident happened. Her car rolled and her body thrown away from her car.
many don't realized that
Do you know it's an offence to stop on the bus lane?😂
The big issue aswell is that the rear belt reminders only warn if the belt was previously buckled and then unfastened, not if you just sit down. You can see what happens in the car that has the pressure sensing rear seat warnings that don’t rely on the fastening and unfastening and work from just sitting down
People tend to feel that rear seats "safer" than the front.
But I always ask them, rear seats got airbags or not? Infront got airbag you will wear but rear seats no seat belt then don't wear?
I wear, anything can happen from another car suddenly losing control, e-breaks to avoid cars speeding across (read Tampines). The last I want is to sing “I believe I can fly”.
I always wear seat belt whenever I seat. Be it front or back. I had an accident before, in which the front car jam brake after he saw a puddle of water. Speed was around 50~60km/h? Several cars in front and myself all rammed. My friend who sat in the rear, without a seat belt, was throw forward to the front seat, which bended the seat. From that day onwards, always ON.
Are you still giving out the "Belt Up Behind" stickers? 😉
Annoying beeps will save the driver from being in an awkward situation with most passengers. It's just the car that tells passengers to buckle up, not the driver.
Obviously, these people have never seen or encountered before RTA.
SINGAPORE is a FINE country. So good that govt is imposing mandatory seatbelt for rear passengers. But noticed should be place where the rear passenger can see.
For what ?
what about in a bus? should be mandatory to wear seatbelt also right? i remember there was this case where the bus driver did a sudden braking and passengers were thrown out of their seats with injuries. They should implement such thing in buses as well since i realise that only some seats have seatbelts
To be fair, there’s rarely any bus accidents
@@obscurifyed Theyre rare but recently theres like few bus accidents that happened
Great initiatives!
The inconvenience and feel safe psyche despite the safety evidence. Seatbelts warning for backseats is a must for all vehicles.
2 points!
1) if someday someone did some studies and found that wearing helmet can prevent x amount of injuries or even death in an accident, do we want to start enforcement of wearing helmet in a car?
2) Why have such law? We have been a nanny state for way too long. People are become sheep who could not recognize a wolf. And the worst situation is, people might despise the law enforcer more for nitpicking on such petty issue. My take is, allow citizen to take risk, educate them instead of keep using the stick to hit. Citizen will come to their senses if they know that they are not covered by insurance if they are not wearing a seat belt.
1) Helmet protects against head injuries, but head injuries are very uncommon in a car. So helmet in a car offers very minimal protection.
2) It's not just about liability. It's already explained in the video that not belting up doesn't just affect you, but the other people in the car too. You become a missile and hit the people in front. It's easy to say you take your own risk but you cannot put other people at risk too.
Seat belt laws are global by the way. It's not just Singapore.
@@benchiaaseyou’re right
@@benchiaase and your point 2) you have just given a good reason for wearing helmet.
There is always a good reason to be kiasu, kiasee.
And when majority say so, it doesn't means they are right.
I always put on seatbelt. Because I don’t want get the driver into trouble. Plus is not getting safer at all.
It’s totally not fair to fine the drivers as passengers don’t want to put on seatbelts. Advices have being given for the past many years already, some passengers show their ego not happy putting on seat. Childish attitude.
In Canada it’s the law that everybody in the car must wear a seatbelt, front or back seat. This has been the law for decades. I’m surprised it’s not law everywhere
Steve! Can you do an episode to check why for taxi no booster seat is required for kids but for phv it’s required? Why do we have to pay a price premium for kids seat. It’s so unfair and not helpful for parents who’s just trying to save some dollars. The reasoning of taxi insurance or phv insurance is different doesn’t make any sense at all, these are just rules that we set for ourselves.
Safest part of the car is at the driver seat. 😂
Best to wear safety belt all time. Annoyed with someone bought the seatbelt clip (from shop or online) which use to disable alarm. This should be banned except for seatbelt repair purpose on licensed auto parts shops.
Cool, rn in Singapore TP may b driving civilian car....turn to TP car when the lights turn on.....
yes i do, and i teach my children to do the same
In Malaysia the polis don't wear seatbelts, they say it's easier to get out of the car when it's an emergency or responding to a situation hahaha. Cannot brain this.
TBH it's the same anywhere else, even in US if you look carefully and in many publicly released in car videos
Normal taxi when start meter there an speaker say please faster selt belts
I recommend TP tp to make it mandatory for every backseat passenger to not only belt up but also to take up the brace position like what people would do on airplanes 😊, like that even more safe, what do you guys reckon?
Better for drivers to remind their pax to wear seat belt. To protect themselves against civil law suits after accident.
I'll always ask the back seats to belt up as "i'm a safe driver" but others are not
How about the ones with tinted window.
'Feels safer here, on the roads of Singapore' Worst possible statement.
I always belt up simply because I do not want to challenge physics.
@@user98u4r3 only one winner if you challenge
Yes, it's safe in the rear, but not in recent years any more. Back before 2000s it was safer.
What about public buses? There's no seatbelt on those seats... Now im worried...
Buses are typically larger and heavier than other automobiles, which makes them less likely to sustain damage in a collision. Also, seats in a bus are typically installed equidistant from each other, which helps to absorb the impact of a collision or sudden stop
@@fireat40their max speed is capped at 60km/h too
MRT better😂😂😂😂😂 no need to stand righr
@@jacksmithon some buses in Europe do have lap belts and its mandatory to put on before bus is in motion
You might as well say no standing in the bus
There are a few POV to look at on rear seat belts
Hi CNA, can do an episode on the coconut water? Recently market selling lots of bottle coconut water, I really want to find out whether are they extracted from the real coconut or they have added any other forms of artifical inside
Its an auto mode for me. Whenever I sit inside a car my hand will reach out to the seat belt be it front or back seat. I will unbuckle if im stuck in a long jam at causeway thou.
Many times, after something happen then one will realize the importance of the sit-belt at the rear.... just imagine you are sitting behind WhatsApp your friends in a Grab... then suddenly driver jam break in a highway just to avoid a major accident... you will never see it coming till you are injured.
Luckily I only walk away with whiplash injury thanks to the sit-belt... else it could be worst !