Car Safety and Impact

A car’s crumple zones help to (a)   the impact of a collision.

When a car collides, its crumple zones (a)   , like a Coke can, and absorb some of the impact.

The cabin of the car is very strong and does not (a)   , so it protects the passengers who are wearing seat belts.

A person who is thrown out of the car window is very lucky if he (a)   .

A seat belt has two (a)   , one that lies over the pelvis and the other that rests across the chest.

A seat belt (a)   most of the impact of the body’s forward movement to the ribs and pelvis.

(a)   is minimized because the force of impact is not concentrated in a small area.

The (a)   a seat belt is made of is extremely strong and it stretches a little bit.