More than 30,000 drivers and front

More than 30,000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year.The impact on you of an accident can be very serious.At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third-floor window.Wearing a seat belt saves lives,it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than haft. Who has to wear a seat bealt?
Drivers or front seat passengers in most vehicles.If you are 14 or more over,it will be your responsibility to wear the belt.If you do not,you can be fined up 50 pound.It will be up to the driver to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind. A very few vehicles have a middle front seat between the front passenger seat and the driver’s seat, for example a bench seat.Your vehicle may be one of them.If just one passenger sits in front,he must wear a seat belt.But if two passengers sit in front,the person sitting in the middle will not have to wear a belt.
When you do not have to wear a seat belt.
You do not wear a seat belt in certain circumstaces, such as if you are reversing your vehicle ,if you are making a local delivery or collection using a vehicle constructed or adapted for that purpose,or if you have a valid medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it.Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide not to wear your seat belt.Remember you may be taken to court for not doing so,and you may be fined if you can not prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it.
Medical exemptions
Certain people ought not to wear a seat belt because of their health.it may be more risky for them to wear a seat belt than to bein a road accident without one.But they will not have to wear a seat belt if they get a valid medical certificate from a doctor.If you think this applies to you,go and talk to a doctor as soon as possible.The doctor may reassure you that you can wear a seat belt.Or he may have to examine you before he can decide whether or not to give you a certificate.When you go and see him you should ask him at the start how much this would cost.Keep the certificate.If the police ask you why you are not wearing a seat belt,you shold show them the certificate to a police station of your choice within five days.