Safety Clips

Video Clips on Road Safety

The importance of wearing a seatbelt is clearly illustrated by crash tests monitored by the SABS. Many visitors to the arrive alive web site has expressed their concerns on parents driving with children standing on the front seat or sitting on the lap of parents without being buckled up.

The SABS Commercial Division [Transportation Cluster] has kindly made available video footage of crash tests. These videos should provide more than enough reason for everyone to buckle up before he/she embarks on a journey!

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Video Clips on Seatbelt Safety

Video 1 [When a seatbelt is not used]

View from the front
View from side-on
Side –on view of passenger on back seat not wearing a seatbelt

Video 2 [When there is one person wearing a seatbelt]

Driver buckled up – passenger on back seat not buckled up
Driver buckled up – passenger in front seat not buckled up

Video 3 [Children not buckled up]

View side-on of mother with child on her lap in front seat – not buckled up
View from the front of mother with child on her lap in front seat – not buckled up
View side-on of child on the back seat not buckled up

Video 4 [Everyone buckled up]

View side-on of persons in front and back seat buckled up
View from the front of persons in front and back seat buckled up
View from the side of child in safety seat buckled up on back seat

Video 5 [Seatbelt Testing]

Retractor durability
Webbing abrasion
Stalk durability / Micro slip / Buckle durability
Anchorage testing
Dynamic: Frontal impact

Video Clip on Brake Testing

Video 6 [Brake Testing]

Performance of Brake friction material
Brake system performance

Video Clips on Crash Tests

Video 7 [Behavior of vehicle on impact]

Testing steering mechanism of motor vehicle

Video 8 [Wear Your Seat Belt]

Video illustrating what happens when not wearing a seatbelt.

On The Road With TeeCee

Video 9 [When Travelling on Holiday]

Video advising you to drive slow and steady.

Video 10 [Enjoy The Sights]

Video urging you to enjoy the trip.

Video 11 [Driving When Tired]

Video urging you not to drive when tired.

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Hijack Prevention Guidelines

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