Seat Belts

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This paper relates that, despite the encouraging increase in the use of seat belts, it is clear that many Americans are still choosing not to buckle up, endangering both their lives and the lives of their fellow passengers. The author points out that wearing a seat belt is not the only way to increase traffic safety; reducing speeding, aggressive driving, and stopping drunk-driving also are important factors. The paper explains that stricter laws regarding the use of seat belts have been shown to save lives, but recent attempts to make seat belt compliance a primary offence in some states have stalled.

From the Paper:

"The human collision is what many people correctly associate with human damage that occurs during an automobile crash. This occurs when human occupants hit some part of the vehicle. Occupants who are not wearing a seatbelt continue to move at the speed of the car, and hit a part of the vehicle with this force. These "unbelted occupants will slam into the steering wheel, the windshield, or some other part of the vehicle interior".

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