Question 11 of 24
Seatbelts, helmets, 'wet floor' signs — how seriously?
Pick one to continue — the dead don't get to skip homework.
The unsexiest life-saver ever invented
💀 A grim little fact
The humble seatbelt is a statistical superhero. Buckling up cuts the risk of fatal injury by about 45% for front-seat car occupants (up to 60% in trucks and SUVs). In a single recent year, belts saved an estimated ~15,000 American lives, and from 1960 to 2012 they saved 329,715 people — more than every other vehicle-safety technology combined.
Seatbelts cut fatal-injury risk ~45% for front-seat occupants.
🔮 Myth vs. Morty
Myth: "I'd rather be thrown clear of the crash." This one is gloriously, dangerously wrong. Being ejected from a vehicle makes you far more likely to die — you become a person-shaped projectile meeting pavement, other cars, and physics with zero padding. 'Thrown clear' almost always means 'thrown into something worse.'
Morty's favorite irony: the least cool safety habit is the one most likely to keep him waiting.
Sources: NHTSA; National Safety Council · Entertainment only — not medical advice.