lap sash seatbelt
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[edit]From lap (“upper legs of a seated person”) + sash (“length of cloth worn over the shoulder”) + seatbelt (“restraining belt”).
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Noun
[edit]lap sash seatbelt (plural lap sash seatbelts)
- (UK, Australia, automotive) A type of seatbelt which goes across the pelvis and then up and diagonally across the body; the conventional type found in most cars today.
- Synonym: sash belt
- 1976, International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, Medical & Biological Engineering, volume 14, page 263:
- […] automobile accidents in which a casualty occurred in Victoria (Australia) during 1973 and 1974, Nelson (1974) has stated that from a clinical point of view the current lap-sash seatbelt-head configuration is not reducing the incidence of whiplash injuries to a significant extent.
- 1994, Frank Oberklaid, Leah Kaminsky, Your Child's Health, page 457:
- From 4 years to about 11 years, a booster seat, initially with a harness (until about 6 years) and then with an adult lap/sash seatbelt, offers the safest option for car travel.
- 2004, Carol Fallows, Shayne Collier, Commonsense Guide for Australian Parents, page 23:
- Once your child doesn′t fit into a child car restraint at around four years of age, a booster seat can be used with an adult lap/sash seatbelt.
- 2007, Stuart Crisp, Jo Rainbow, Emergencies in Paediatrics and Neonatology, Oxford University Press, page 106:
- A precise description of mechanism of injury can guide the examination, eg flexion/extension injury over lap sash seatbelt is associated with small bowel injury and lumbar vertebral fractures.
- 2012, S Bailey, J Bailey, Head Over Heels: A Story Of Tragedy, Triumph and Romance in the Australian Bush, unnumbered page:
- Bruce pushed the ultralight out of the hangar; I climbed in and fastened the lap-sash seatbelt.
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See also
[edit]- three-point restraint system
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