Seat Belts Should Be Used at All Times.

Imagine yourself lying down on the cold hard pavement bleeding to death or badly injured. Now lets backtrack to the time when you got in the car with your friends. You think about putting on your seat belt, but you don’t see any of your friends do it so why should you? According to the James Madison University serious traffic injuries can be reduced by 50% and fatalities by 60-70% if seat belts are used properly. From the research I have completed for this speech, I have learned that seat belts do save lives, as well as, keep you from serious injuries. When you are driving or even riding in a vehicle, wear your seat belt, as it will decrease your chance of death or serious injury, if you were to get in a serious car accident. I will start off by explaining what can be the results if you do not use your seat belt. I will later on explain the benefits of using a seat belt and finally I will tell you the different kind of excuses that people come up with to not wear their seat belts. As a matter of fact when people choose to not wear their seat belts there are serious consequences that can occur. Seat belts are important to be worn to prevent a serious injury or even death caused by a serious car accident. A non-belted occupant is 15 times more likely to be killed and 5 times more likely to be seriously injured than a belted occupant. This number may not sound significant, but how about the fact that seat belts save 15,000 lives in the U.S. each year according the Church Mutual Insurance Company. Motorists are 25 times more likely to be killed or seriously injured when they are thrown from the car than when they remain in the vehicle. Car accidents don’t only cause people to be thrown out of cars but also for the passengers to be thrown against one another and it has been found that one out of four serious injuries to passengers is caused by occupants being thrown into each other. Now to prevent anyone from being seriously injured from a car accident the answer