| Volvo has the honor of being the first to
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| | for this negligence. It may be in the
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| implement seat belts in 1849. The first
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| | form of higher taxes, higher health
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| U.S. patent for automobile seat belts was
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| | insurance fees, and higher medical costs.
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| issued to Edward J. Claghorn of New York,
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| | Imagine running as fast as you can, into
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| New York on February 10, 1885.
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| | a wall. You'd expect to get pretty banged
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| This patent was described as a
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| | up. What if while running at full speed a
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| Safety-Belt for tourists that was
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| | wall suddenly appeared in front of you?
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| "designed to be applied to a the person,
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| | Would you be able to stop
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| and provided with hooks and other
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| | instantaneously?
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| attachments for securing the person to a
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| | This is exactly the situation one faces
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| fixed object."
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| | when the front of his or her car hits
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| Failure to wear seat belts is responsible
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| | something at only 15 miles an hour. The
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| for more fatalities than any other single
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| | car stops in the first tenth of a second,
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| traffic behavior. In all of the traffic
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| | but you keep on at the same rate you were
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| accidents reported for 1999, 63% of
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| | going in the car until something stops
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| fatalities were not wearing seat belts.
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| | you, the steering wheel, dashboard or
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| Wearing a seat belt use is still the
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| | windshield, if you're not wearing your
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| single most effective thing we can do to
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| | safety belt.
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| prevent unnecessary traffic deaths and
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| | If this could happen at 15 miles an hour,
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| injuries on America's roadways.
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| | imagine what a 30 mile per hour collision
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| Traffic data suggests that education
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| | would result in? It would be the same as
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| alone is not enough to convince young
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| | hitting the pavement after a 3 story
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| people, especially males from ages 16 to
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| | fall.
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| 25 of the dangers of not using seat
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| | A properly worn safety belt keeps that
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| belts. This age group is caught up in the
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| | second collision - the human collision,
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| belief in their immortality due to their
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| | from happening.
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| young age.
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| | "Properly worn" means with both straps
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| It is this age group that also exhibits
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| | safely fitted to transfer the impact of
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| the most violation of drunk driving laws.
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| | the collision to the parts of your body
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| They are also the most prone to speeding,
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| | that can take it, the hipbones and
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| and other traffic related law violations.
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| | shoulder bones.
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| Because of this, it has been suggested
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| | With just the shoulder strap on, one can
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| that stronger seat belt laws and higher
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| | still slide out from under and get
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| visibility enforcement campaigns be
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| | strangled. The lap belt alone doesn't
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| enforced to make them buckle up.
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| | keep one's face from hitting the steering
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| Seat belts are the most effective safety
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| | wheel or other parts of the car.
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| devices in vehicles today, estimated to
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| | Wearing seat belts is the law in most
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| save 9,500 lives each year. If 90 percent
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| | countries. There really isn't any reason
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| of Americans buckle up, it could prevent
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| | not wear them aside from plain laziness.
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| more than 5,500 deaths and 132,000
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| | But imagine, that investment of a couple
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| injuries annually.
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| | of seconds before you carry on to drive
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| The cost of unbuckled drivers and
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| | could save your life. Why not make that
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| passengers goes beyond those killed and
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| | commitment to invest now?
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| the loss to their families. Everyone pays
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