When driving a car, seat belts are one of the most important devices to protect life and safety. According to global traffic safety research, the correct use of seat belts can reduce the risk of serious injury or death in accidents by about 50%. **Therefore, it is strongly recommended that you always fasten your seat belt, which is required by law and the most effective way to ensure the safety of your life. If the seat belt is temporarily unavailable for special reasons (such as vehicle failure, but needs to be repaired as soon as possible), the following measures may reduce the risk to a certain extent, but please note that these methods**cannot replace the seat belt**, and there are still extremely high safety risks.： --- ### 1. **Control the speed and distance of the car** -**Reduce the speed**: Maintain a driving speed below the speed limit, shorten the braking distance, and reduce the impact of the collision. -**Increase the distance from the car**: Reserve at least 3 seconds of reaction time to avoid rear-end. -**Avoid rapid acceleration/braking**: Smooth driving can reduce the risk of loss of control. --- ### 2. **Improve driving concentration** -**Eliminate distractions**: Turn off your mobile phone, avoid operating navigation or excessive conversation with passengers. -**Predict road conditions**: Observe the dynamics of the vehicles in front of you, blind spots at intersections and pedestrian behavior, and be prepared to avoid in advance. -**Avoid fatigue driving**: You need to rest for 2 hours of continuous driving, and stop and adjust when your concentration drops. --- ### 3. **Optimize vehicle safety configuration** -**Enable safety assistance functions**: such as ABS (anti-lock system), ESP (body stability system), etc., but it should be noted that these systems rely on seat belts to fix the position of the occupant to be effective. -**Adjust the seat and headrest**: The angle of the seat is close to vertical, and the center of the headrest is flush with the ears, which can reduce the risk of neck whiplash injuries (but the seat belt is still required to secure the body). --- ### 4. **Avoid high-risk scenarios** -**Avoid high-speed roads**: The risk of low-speed short-distance driving in urban areas is relatively low, but it may still be injured due to emergencies (such as side collisions and rear-end collisions). -**Reduce night/bad weather travel**: Low visibility or slippery roads will significantly increase the probability of accidents. --- ### 5. **Passenger safety precautions** -**Rear-seat passengers also need to be fixed**: Rear-seat passengers who are not wearing seat belts may hit the front-row personnel in a collision, resulting in secondary injuries. -**Child safety seat**: It must be installed correctly and fixed with a five-point seat belt, but it must be used in conjunction with the vehicle seat belt. --- ### Important Warning： -**Limitations of airbags**: The design of airbags needs to work in conjunction with the seat belts. When the seat belt is not fastened, the airbag may pop out at a speed of 200-300km/h, which will cause serious injuries to the face and neck. -**Low-speed collisions can also be fatal**: Even if they collide at a speed of 40km/h, people who are not wearing seat belts may be thrown out of the car or hit the dashboard, causing brain damage or internal organs to rupture. -**Legal consequences**: Most countries and regions have fines or even points deductions for not wearing seat belts. --- ### Final recommendation： Please immediately check and repair seat belt failures (such as damaged buckle, poor recovery), or replace the vehicle. In the case that the seat belt cannot be used normally, **You should avoid driving** and choose other modes of transportation. There is no alternative to life safety, and it is the most basic responsibility of the driver to fasten his seat belt.