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May Tips of the Month: Buckle Up America
Florida - It's the Law!
National Buckle Up America (now called
Click It or Ticket)
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading
cause of death for ages 1 to 44.
The majority of these
deaths could be prevented with proper safety belt use and child
passenger seat use.
According to NHTSA
(National Highway Traffic Safety Association) research has shown
that lap/shoulder belts, when used properly, reduce the risk of
fatal injury to front-seat passenger car occupants by 45 percent
and the risk of moderate to critical injury by 50 percent. For
light truck occupants, safety belts reduce the risk of total
injury by 60 percent and moderate to critical injury by 65
percent. Children who are properly secured in safety seats
survive 75 percent of the crashes that would otherwise be fatal.
Those who do not buckle up account for 60 percent of the vehicle
occupants killed on our roadways.
Safety belts and child
passenger safety seats need to be used all the time, every time.
Drivers and passengers that
do not buckle up are about 14 times more likely to die in a
motor vehicle crash than those who wear their safety belt.
Children copy their parents
so it is important that parents buckle up every time, all the
time. Not only will parents set a good example for their
children, but if they are in a crash they will not be thrown
into their child causing them further injury.
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