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A common cause of death and injury to children in motor vehicles is being crushed by adults who are not wearing safety belts. On out of four serious injuries ... Of every 100 children who die in motor vehicle crashes at least 80 would survive if they were properly secured in an approved child safety seat or safety belts.
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www.jmu.edu/safetyplan/vehicle/generaldriver/safetybelt...
www.jmu.edu/safetyplan/vehicle/generaldriver/safetybelt.shtml
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In February of 1997, 25-year-old Wendy Nolan Moss ran off a rural north Georgia road one mile from her home, hitting a tree and dying instantly of a massive head injury. For reasons no one understands, she was not wearing a seat belt.
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main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=45962
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Increasing the national seat belt use rate to 90 percent from the current 68 percent would prevent and estimated 5,536 fatalities, ... For example, the costs of hospital care for an unbelted driver are 50 percent higher than those for a driver who was wearing a safety belt. Society bears 85 percent of those costs,
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www.policyalmanac.org/economic/archive/seatbelts.shtml
www.policyalmanac.org/economic/archive/seatbelts.shtml
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Failure to wear a seat belt contributes to more fatalities than any other single traffic safety-related behavior. 63% of people killed in accidents are not wearing seat belts. Wearing a seat belt use is still the single most effective thing we can do to save lives and reduce injuries on America's roadways.
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www.car-accidents.com/pages/seat_belts.html
www.car-accidents.com/pages/seat_belts.html
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A simulator device for demonstrating the advantages of wearing a vehicle safety harness comprises a track and a seat connected to and moveable along the track. ... FIGS. 3-5 are perspective views showing the operation of the simulator device in demonstrating the benefits of wearing a vehicle safety harness.
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www.freepatentsonline.com/4580985.html
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For most people, buckling the seat belt when they get in a vehicle is automatic. One may even call it second nature, implying a life long habit. ... This message is not new, but for many folks, the benefits of wearing seat belts still have not registered.
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www.fas.org/irp/agency/aia/cyberspokesman/99-07/safety2...
www.fas.org/irp/agency/aia/cyberspokesman/99-07/safety2.htm
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(B) To deny benefits pursuant to this section the insured must have signed or initialed a statement included in his insurance contract that explains the possibility that coverage may be denied for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident or collision when the insured was not wearing his seatbelt.
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www.scstatehouse.gov/sess116_2005-2006/bills/529.htm
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Seat Belt Use in Minnesota; A majority of Minnesotans buckle up, yet each year more than half of the motorists killed in crashes aren’t belted — translating to around 200 deaths and 400-plus serious injuries annually. ... Fasten Your Seat Belts — Primary Seat Belt Law Effective June 9; Effective June 9,
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www.dps.state.mn.us/ots/topic_areas/belts/belts_default...
www.dps.state.mn.us/ots/topic_areas/belts/belts_default.asp
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Yet for all these benefits, ... Seat belt failure or jamming isn't common. ... 6. "I've heard of people who were in crashes who would have been killed if they'd been wearing belts." Who says so? Not any safety expert with whom I've ever spoken. If a collision can kill you with a belt on, then you're out of luck without the belt...
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www.roadtripamerica.com/DefensiveDriving/Rule06.htm
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