I guess that does sound reasonable. Im surprised they dont restrain you inside the vehicle somehow...
This is why the prosecutors had no possible hope of conviction. The scenario I proposed is, by definition, "reasonable doubt," backed up by any passenger who has ever been injured on a bus or subway when the vehicle accelerated from a stop. Any defense lawyer worth his salt would have been able to make that case. If I had been on a jury trying one of these cases, I would have made that argument myself as I held out for acquittal.
It was admitted by all parties that Freddie Gray was not seatbelted, despite a policy issued just days before the incident. The reason given is that he was combative and it was dangerous to seatbelt him in the confines of the paddy wagon.