Janesville traffic patterns can increase the odds of restraint-related injuries and disputes:
- Stop-and-go commuting increases the likelihood of sudden braking and multi-impact scenarios.
- Construction and lane changes can lead to contact that triggers seatbelt loads in ways people don’t expect.
- Late-day pedestrian and school-area traffic can cause drivers to react quickly—sometimes with impacts that aren’t “headline-grabbing” but still cause serious restraint-related harm.
In these situations, the seatbelt’s behavior—whether it locked normally, jammed, allowed abnormal slack, or failed to restrain effectively—may matter as much as the crash severity.


