Seat Belts Lying in the morgue or a hospital bed is no fun. Why then do so many travelers refuse to use safety belts when traveling by car’ It’s time we made many more people belt up. Every 14 seconds someone is injured in a traffic accident in the USA. On average someone dies every thirteen minutes. In fact car crashes are the leading killer of Americans between the ages of 3 and 33. If those statistics had been buckled up‚ if they had been wearing their seat belts‚ the chances are they would
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wearing your seat belt could make? Or have you ever though if wearing your seat belt would make a different outcome? Wearing a seatbelt drastically increases ones chance of surviving a car crash. Seatbelts are the single most effective way of protecting ones self in a motor vehicle‚ yet despite the overwhelming evidence twenty-five percent of teens do not. Its time we enforce
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adults and children. Seat belts were invented for the purpose to help reduce death and injuries. An airbag is not as effective if it was not for a seat belt. “In the United States‚ a mandatory seat belt law was first enacted in New York in 1984. Lund et al. [6] found a nine percent decline in traffic fatalities in the first nine months when New York enacted mandatory seat belt law.” (Dissanayake 32) There are two types of mandatory laws‚ Primary Seat Belt Law and Secondary Seat Belt Law. Depending on
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Although wearing your seat belt is one of the top safety precautions when it comes to riding or driving in a car‚ accidents still occur due to people being lazy and not wanting to wear their seat belt. Drivers and passengers do not wear seat belts for tons of little reasons. Some forget to wear them‚ while others are just plain lazy and think they shouldn’t have to put on seat belts. After some time‚ this becomes a really bad habit. Accidents can happen. Some may be small accidents‚ and some may
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Seat Belt Laws in Montana Op-ed Montana Fountain Claire 17 October‚ 2014 Writing 101-03 Seat Belt Laws in Montana There are many stories that circulate about being in car crashes‚ with or without wearing seatbelts. This particular story however‚ outlines what will be a constant theme throughout my whole paper: the horrible effects of not being buckled up while driving. This is a mother’s story‚ a woman by the name of Samantha Babcock. As you read this‚ think of how much the safety
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Seat Belt Law Timothy J. Mann Ashford University ENG 325 5-03-2014 Today in society it seems our government is taking away more and more of our rights. A law that I would like to discuss is the seat belt law. “New York was the first state to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts‚ a law that came into effect on Dec 1‚ 1984.” Where I live here in Indiana‚ they passed their first seat belt law on July 1‚ 1987. If you were pulled over in
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He struggles with his seat belt‚ but he can’t get it off. He can’t breathe. The next morning‚ John’s car washes up on the beach. All his family and friends are very sad. Under seat belt laws this could be you. I believe seat belt use should not be mandatory because seatbelt campaigns spend millions of taxpayer dollars that could be used otherwise‚ seat belt laws have not been shown to prevent accidents‚ and seat belt laws infringe on our natural rights. Firstly‚ seat belt use should not be mandatory
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Mobile phones are now an integrated part of life all over the world. But remember this rule of thumb when it comes to phone etiquette: Just because you can use your cell phone during a given situation‚ doesn’t mean that you should. It’s remarkable that technology enables to us to carry a phone‚ but we tend to forget that‚ during certain situations‚ it can be irritating to others -- and even disrespectful -- to conduct a conversation on your mobile phone. A good way to determine whether you should
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The Power of Incentives How Seat Belts Kill 1. The government put price controls on gasoline and the effect was more people bought gasoline because the price was reduced. Then they took the price controls away and the gas prices soared and there was a severe drop in sales. This could have been avoided if they just would have left the price of gasoline alone. 2. The purpose of his book was to call attention to various elements that made cars more dangerous than necessary. The result was the
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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
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