"To wear a seatbelt" means to fasten a special belt around your body when sitting in a car or any other vehicle. It is used to help protect you in case of an accident by keeping you safe and preventing you from being thrown out of your seat or injured.
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not wearing you seatbelt doesn't cause accidents, but they do prevent serious injury and death, not to mention the fact that it is the law.
The danger of fatality increases greatly for motorists who weren't
wearing a seatbelt when involved in a head - on collision.
The insurance company argued that our client should be held 25 % at fault for not
wearing his seatbelt at the time of the Accident.
No one has done a study in which half the participants did not
wear their seatbelts while the other half did, and then the cars were crashed into a pole to determine if in fact recommending seatbelt use was justified.
The amount of fines taken will vary depending on the state's jurisdiction and sometimes there are signs posted about the fines for not
wearing a seatbelt in major highways to remind everyone about the violation for more information ask your local driving school.
A NHTSA spokeswoman sent National Center for Statistics and Analysis Paper Number 500, dated 2001, which estimates that 4,138 lives were saved in the U.S. in 2000 when the drivers /
passengers wore seatbelts and had airbags, 1,854 lives were saved by belts only and 548 lives were saved by airbags only.
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«When people engage in risky behaviors like driving or smoking, they're encouraged to take measures that minimize their risk,
like wearing a seatbelt or choosing cigarettes with filters.
Making it fineable to smoke in a car with a child would make sure fewer adults will light up, in the same way that more
people wear their seatbelts now it's law.
One may not even be aware of certain riders included in the policy that offer additional payout benefits for simple things like the policyholder's demise far away from home, or the insured passing away in a car accident
despite wearing a seatbelt etc..
Every teen driver is required to ensure every passenger in their
vehicle wears a seatbelt and receives a red sticker which they must apply to their license plate to signify they are a teen driving.
It's not surprising when you consider that teenagers are more likely to speed and become distracted by their cellphones or friends and are less likely to
wear their seatbelts compared to older, more experienced drivers.
However, only in cases where the failure to
wear a seatbelt actually caused or worsened your injuries, will any reduction be appropriate, and depending on the circumstances, it may be less than 25 %.
According to the National Occupant Protection Use Survey, 86 percent of drivers and front seat passengers in the United
States wore seatbelts in 2012.
As experienced New Orleans personal injury attorneys, we have seen the significant difference that
simply wearing a seatbelt can make in a motor vehicle collision.
The driver of a vehicle must ensure that all children under 14 years of
age wear seatbelts, or sit in an approved child seat.
According to the researchers» article in the American Journal of Public Health, they found that the odds of a woman driver who is
wearing a seatbelt suffering a serious injury is 47 percent higher than that of a belted male driver in a comparable automobile accident.
Generally, it is always a good
idea wear your seatbelt and to avoid using your cell phone while operating a vehicle.
Work to remember to
wear your seatbelt incessantly while in a vehicle and consider that local communities such as Erie may have their own supplementary codes regarding safety standards.
When riding in the front seat as a passenger, it is especially important to
wear your seatbelt correctly so that it can act in unison with airbags in the case of an emergency.
This may
include wearing a seatbelt, keeping the eyes on the road, awareness in pedestrians and other vehicles on the road adjusting the rear view mirrors before starting to drive.
The violation of the code that requires people to
wear seatbelt inside a moving vehicle is known as the seatbelt violation.
This highway sign compliments the driver by saying their seatbelt looks good on them, ideally making the driver want to
keep wearing their seatbelt to continue looking good!