According to the Texas manual, how do your chances of being killed change if you are thrown from your car?
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A.
You have a slightly higher risk of serious injury.
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B.
Your chance of being killed is five times greater. Correct
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C.
Your chance of survival improves outside a burning car.
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D.
Your risk of neck injury doubles compared to belted riders.
The answer is "Your chance of being killed is five times greater."
The manual gives the figure directly: your chance of being killed rises to five times greater when you are thrown from the car. It is one of the three specific ways safety belts protect you. Drivers who land on D reach for the 'twice as likely' phrase they hear in casual seatbelt talk, and it lands well short of the manual's number.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. You have a slightly higher risk of serious injury.
Downplays the figure; the manual is specific that the risk multiplies, not that it edges up. This answer softens the 'five times greater' figure into a general phrase about higher risk.
C. Your chance of survival improves outside a burning car.
Inverts the point; being ejected raises fatality risk, and the manual never mentions burning cars. This answer grabs the folk argument that riders should be thrown clear of a crash rather than the manual's fatality figure.
D. Your risk of neck injury doubles compared to belted riders.
Names the wrong injury and the wrong multiple; the manual's five-times figure covers being killed, not neck injuries. This answer confuses the ejection fatality multiplier with a generic doubling used in casual seatbelt talk.
This question tests your knowledge of Safety Belts & Restraints in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Safety Belts," p.64..
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