According to the manual, how much greater are your chances of being killed in a crash if you are thrown from your vehicle?
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A.
Slightly lower because you get clear of any fire.
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B.
Roughly double compared with staying inside the vehicle.
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C.
Almost 25 times greater than staying inside the vehicle. Correct
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D.
About the same as remaining inside the vehicle.
The answer is "Almost 25 times greater than staying inside the vehicle."
The manual warns that ejection usually means going through the windshield and landing hard, with a chance of being run over if you land in the street. It puts the fatality risk for an ejected occupant at almost 25 times that of one who stays inside. Test-takers who pick B are half-remembering a generic doubled-risk seat-belt statistic and softening the manual's dramatic 25x figure down to a number that sounds more believable.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Slightly lower because you get clear of any fire.
Post-crash fire is rare and does not offset the impact and roadway hazards ejection creates. This answer echoes the bar-stool argument that a seat belt traps you inside a burning wreck.
B. Roughly double compared with staying inside the vehicle.
The manual's figure is far higher than a two-times risk. This answer half-remembers a generic doubled-risk seat-belt statistic and picks the more believable-sounding figure over the manual's dramatic 25x.
D. About the same as remaining inside the vehicle.
The manual is emphatic that ejection is one of the deadliest outcomes in a crash. This answer falls for the old myth that being thrown clear of a wreck can be as safe as staying inside.
This question tests your knowledge of Safety Belts & Restraints in Pennsylvania. Source: Pennsylvania Driver Manual, "SEAT BELT LAW," p.89..
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