Earlier today, I attended a talk by Prof Ir. Dr. Radin Umar (Director-General of MIROS; check out www.miros.gov.my). The topic was "Real-World Crashworthiness Investigations for Evidenced-Based Intervention Strategies". Actually Dr Radin reminds me of a crime scene investigator except that he and his team investigates what causes accidents.
For now, I am convinced that we should not take road safety for granted. Statistical evidence were shown in order to push for mandatory rear seat belt usage in Malaysia.
As an engineer myself, I really need to enforce this in my own driving habits.
Major: Enforce rear seat belts usage for your passengers.
Minor: Never adopt the attitude of "never mind, no need to wear seat belts" for rear passengers. The cost in an accident is simply too high. It is not worth the risk.
