| Despite statistics to support the seat belt case, there is | | | | know they run a risk of serious accident or a traffic |
| still plenty of controversy surrounding the claim that | | | | citation, but they do it anyway. |
| mandatory seat belt laws save lives. Many of us have | | | | Those who disagree with the claim that mandatory |
| been around long enough to remember when seat | | | | seat belt laws save lives believe "buckling up" is a |
| belts were not even installed in vehicles. In the rare | | | | nuisance and serves no useful purpose. In fact there |
| event that seat belts were installed, they were often | | | | are many who feel it is a gross invasion of privacy, |
| regarded as a nuisance and pushed aside. Drivers in | | | | and want to be able make their own decisions about |
| their fifties and sixties cannot recall wearing seat belts | | | | wearing seat belts. People will always break driving |
| as a child - back then, adults usually didn't wear seat | | | | laws, but it doesn't mean those laws are wrong and |
| belts and neither did children. | | | | should not exist. |
| There is plenty of recognized research to show that | | | | The mandatory seat belt laws save lives. That's the |
| many lives could have been saved had the occupants | | | | fact, Jack! Driving laws are basically good decisions |
| in motor vehicle accidents been wearing seat belts. | | | | which are intended to help us stay safe on the roads. |
| People turn into deadly projectiles during a high speed | | | | The mandatory seat belt laws just make too much |
| vehicle impact, smashing into windscreens, steering | | | | sense to argue with them. Children "do as we do, not |
| wheels, other occupants and being hurtled outside the | | | | as we say" much of the time. Statistics reveal that if |
| car. Even a minor accident can kill someone if they are | | | | parents don't "buckle-up", children's seat belt usage |
| not wearing a seat belt. One blow to a vulnerable part | | | | drops by 36 percent |
| of the head is all it takes. | | | | When it comes to seat belts, it's time to let the |
| As an Australian resident, I have lived for many years | | | | government interfere. When they do get something |
| with a seat belt law that helps protect and save lives. I | | | | right, let's not complain but instead give them some |
| never get into a vehicle without wearing a seat belt | | | | accolades. Speeding and seat belt laws are not |
| and will not allow passengers into my vehicle without | | | | punishment, they are mechanisms which could save |
| wearing one. I also remind drivers to wear their seat | | | | our lives. |
| belts when I am their passenger. Why? Because | | | | Hard facts and research data supporting the fact that |
| "buckling-up" a seat belt saves lives - and it only takes | | | | mandatory seat belt laws saves lives is readily |
| a few seconds prior to driving off. | | | | available on the web. For example, check out the |
| It is sometimes difficult to understand why people get | | | | statistics on driving laws at nhtsa.dot.gov - they speak |
| offended when the government passes laws that | | | | for themselves. After a good read, I'm sure you will |
| make sense. Speeding laws are a good example of | | | | agree that mandatory seat belt laws save lives! |
| this. People don't always abide by speeding laws. They | | | | |