*Reasons not to Wear a Seatbelt- Page 6.
Laws should be passed in all states that require all automotive vehicles to wear seatbelts. Because of the fact that the United States has one of the lowest seatbelt usage percentages, the United States has one of the highest death tolls in automobile accidents. Yet since 1983, the wearing of seatbelts has reduced deaths by an approximate 50,000 people (www.thinkseatbelts.com). .
There has always been the argument of whether or not seat belts should be required to wear. There are still to this day, many people that say, "The seat belt can't save my life", or "I"m only driving for less than 5 minutes". Those are indeed some people's opinions, but the fact is that those five minutes could cost you your life. Although there would always be those who are against seat belts, it is for the good of the society that they should be required. .
The history of seat belts go all the way back to the early 1900's. At this time in history, there were very few cars that vehicles could collide with, so the use of seatbelts was mostly used to keep people inside the cars during a bumpy ride. Seatbelts were then also installed into racecars and airplanes in the 1920's. Once the 1930's came around, there were many U.S. physicians that created their own lap belts in their vehicles, and tried to convince auto manufactures to provide them in all of the new cars (http://www.preventioninstitute.org/).
In 1950, NASH formed the first factory-installed seatbelt. (www.prevention ) But perhaps the biggest influence to seat belts has been the Society of Automotive Engineers, or otherwise known as the "SAE". They appointed a safety belt committee in 1955. In 1961, the SAE issued a standard for seat belts in the United States. In the mid 1960's, it was estimated that over 50,000 people were killed in crashes. The auto industry was afraid that if the auto manufacturers were concerned about safety, it would scare the public, and therefore, lower their sales.
I personally know the value of a seatbelt all too well. ... With all the devastating statistics and laws in many states requiring the use of seatbelts- 1 in 4 Americans still do not wear a seatbelt. ... Simply put- seatbelts save lives. ... People choose not to wear seatbelts for various reasons. ... There is simply no logical reason not to wear a seatbelt. ...
The speech, "Seatbelts: A Habit That Could Save Your Life,?... The main points of Andrew's speech included the National Highway Safety Administration's statistics for seatbelt use, and its effects, extent of seatbelt protection, and reasons why people do not wear seatbelts. ... While discussing seatbelt protection, he mentioned a couple statistics. ... He easily could have been injured just the same, if not more if he were wearing his seatbelt. ... That would have shown that not wearing seatbelts is common and that the people who get in accidents without their seatbelt on, get in...
Nebraska has a secondary law for wearing seatbelts. It was made a mandatory law in 1993 (highwaysafety.org). ... There is a certain way to use your seatbelt. ... In 1967, front seatbelts became mandatory in all cars except for the ones built before 1967 and shoulder belts became mandatory in 1968 (lemurzone.com). ... Perhaps a mandatory law should be kept in place for children under 16 to wear seat belts. ...
Effects of wearing a seatbelt Many people do not realize the effects of wearing a seatbelt in an automobile. ... Seatbelts provide the greatest protection from ejection. ... Although the seatbelt is not guaranteed to save a life, the chance of saving a life is greater than without wearing the seatbelt. ... While seatbelts do occasionally contribute to serious injury or death, wearing a seatbelt significantly increases the chance of survival. ... Each situation is different, and although in some circumstances the seatbelt causes the injury to the person, the injuries from not wearing the seatb...
Seatbelts You might think such an important thing as car safety should be mandatory, well it is now, but 50 or so years ago, seat belts, airbags and front/rear crumple zones were not. Seatbelts were first thought of in the 1930's by US physicians and only in the 1950's did countries require newly built cars to have seatbelts fitted and finally in 1969, 3-point seat belts were mandatory in Australia. ... Well the seatbelt is that unbalanced external force. ... Body A can be the person and body B is the seatbelt. By using Newton's 2nd Law, the force of the impact is less...
When traveling at slow speeds in your car the wearing of a seatbelt has little effect of your body when you brake. ... Your body will be thrown forwards with great force, and your seatbelt will be literally holding you in place. ... With this amount of inertial force it is impossible for anyone not wearing a seatbelt to stay in his or her seat. ... Those with their seatbelts on may suffer small abrasions and haematomas (bruising.) ...
When travelling at slow speeds in your car the wearing of a seatbelt has little effect of your body when you brake. ... Your body will be thrown forwards with great force, and your seatbelt will be literally holding you in place. ... With this amount of inertial force it is impossible for anyone not wearing a seatbelt to stay in his or her seat. ... Those with their seatbelts on may suffer small abrasions and haematomas (bruising.) ...
The study found that mandatory minimums reduced national cocaine usage by 13 kilograms, while conventional enforcement reduced use by 27 kilograms, and treatment reduced use by 100 kilograms.2 So from an economic perspective, long mandatory sentences are more costly. ... But these facts hardly make up for the costs, both monetary and societal, that mandatory minimums induce. Mandatory minimum sentencing can be done properly. ... The problem isn't mandatory minimums. ... I just wonder how long it will be before mandatory minmums start producing results. ...
