BUCKLE UP FOR A WILD RIDE
Seat belts saved over 75,000 from 2004 to 2008.
42 % of passengers killed were not wearing there seat belts.
According to the National Safety council
1,600 lives could be saved and 22,000 injuries prevented if seat belt use
was 90 percent in every state.
In 2009, seat belt use averaged 88 percent
nationally, compared with 69 percent in 1998.
In 2007 Nationwide, seat belt use was
higher than ever.
Seat belt use was lower and higher
among these kinds of people.
There are Forty-nine states and the District of
Columbia have mandatory seat belt laws.
Forty-nine states and the District of
Columbia have mandatory seat belt laws
Seat belt use is higher in states with
primary enforcement
31 states plus the District of Columbia
have primary enforcement of seat belt
laws.
Many crashes occur because motorcycles
are hidden in a vehicle’s blind spot.
Fatalities involving motorists and motorcyclists
increased 131 percent between 1998 and 2008.
Helmeted riders were 22 percent less likely to
suffer cervical spine injury than riders without
helmets.
There are Mandatory helmet laws for all motorcyclists exist in 20 states,
Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.
In the state of Ohio all motorcycle
operators under 18 and those who
must wear a helmet.
It should be illegal to not wear
your seat belt.
Works Cited
• http://www.nsc.org/safetyhealth/Pages/Motorcyclehelmets
lowerriskofcervicalspineinjurystudy_2.17.11.aspx
• http://www.nhtsa.gov/
• http://www.nsc.org/safety_road/DriverSafety/Pages/SeatB
elts.aspx
• http://www.edgarsnyder.com/motorcycleaccidents/helmetlaws/index.html