https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpaLgF1uLB8
The feature is a novelty but it makes for great social media bait. I never share links about cars with family/friends but I felt compelled to this time. It's entertaining because the car is completely silent while it pins them back in the seat - and people are having very honest reactions to the experience.
Imagine the speed they could travel at a very sudden stop. Posing a pretty big risk to people in front of them, not to mention themselves. In this video the phone nearly smacked the girl in the face.
After reading that I always make sure to check my phone on my lap while in a vehicle and not up towards my face where it could go flying at a sudden stop.
http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2005/08/mythbusters_killer_tissue...
I don't believe they found that something the size and weight of a phone could be fatal, given the fire extinguisher that weighed 1kg didn't do much damage.
It is identically positioned on both him and the teenage girl sitting next to him. Which should hint that it is correctly positioned.
But to get specific, a seatbelt is incorrectly positioned when the lap strap goes across a child's belly OR the shoulder strap doesn't cross their collar bone. Like this: http://i.imgur.com/Zu9pmBv.jpg
In this video the boy (or girl) didn't violate either of those guidelines, therefore he does not require a booster seat.
I wouldn't go much smaller than he is without one however.
Yeah, until someone dies from this sort of reckless driving.
I've owned one or another fire-breathing twin-turbocharged performance cars most of my life. I have never caused an accident. In fact, to echo what someone else said, some of the most dangerous situations I find myself in with alarming frequency is getting on the 5 fwy right behind someone who merges onto the freeway at 45 mph with semi-trucks buzzing by and refuses to push down on the accelerator. I couldn't even count the number of times I've seen, played out right in front of me, all the makings of a horrific accident because of a slow driver. Good fast drivers are more aware (they have to be) and just get out of the way. Slow drivers are dangerous.
That said, if these people were doing this on surface streets they are dangerous morons. It's no different from someone shooting a gun up in the air.
When did tabloids change from the place where you went to get the latest scoop on The Amazing Bat Boy to publications that folks actually paid attention to?
Similarly, should manufacturers design their products to be inoffensive to every bloviating, prevaricating alarmist with a blog? I don't think so. That's an unreasonable tax on both innovation and sound design. :)
Hmmm aside from the Sunday Sport the UK hasn't really ever had that sort of relationship with tabloids. Celebrity news though? Yeah.
If you're on a 55 mph road, is it reckless to accelerate quickly to 55 mph?
I could be considered reckless in the right circumstances. There are other people to consider.