Informative Essay On Seat Belts
Introduction:
Have you ever thought about what the difference of wearing your seat belt could make? Or have you ever though if wearing your seat belt would make a different outcome? Today I will be discussing the importance of wearing your seat belt, what the difference of the outcome it could be and also some statistics to let you understand more about what wearing a seat belt can do.
Personal Creditibility:
When I was a sophomore in highschool one of my best friend’s died in a car wreck due to him being ejected from the car. People said that he would have survived if he would have put his seat belt on because there was a passenger with him who did not get ejected and survived with some major injuries. This led me to do more research on people who do and don’t wear seat belts and I found out some great statistics on this law.
Statistics
1. In a 2004 article titled “Safety Belt Statistics”, a professor from James Madison University states that “….”
One out of every five drivers will be involved in a traffic crash this year.
Approximately 35,000 people die in motor vehicle crashes each year. About 50 percent (17,000) of these people could be saved if they wore their safety belts.
More than 90 percent of all motorists believe safety belts are good idea, but less than 14 percent actually use them.
For every one percent increase in …show more content…
In a 2000 article titled “Reasons to Wear Your Seat Belt” Madhura Pandit stated that “There are strict seat belt laws world wide but, according to statistics, they are hardly followed. Approximately 50% lives will be saved in an accident if people wear seat belts. Seat belt safety statistics show that mostly the younger population between the age groups 16-35 are hardly found wearing seat belts. Seat belt facts also prove that 70% of the people wearing a seat belt have prevented injuries even on meeting with an accident. It is found that nearly 10,000 lives can be saved every year only by wearing a seat
Have you ever thought about what the difference of wearing your seat belt could make? Or have you ever though if wearing your seat belt would make a different outcome? Today I will be discussing the importance of wearing your seat belt, what the difference of the outcome it could be and also some statistics to let you understand more about what wearing a seat belt can do.
Personal Creditibility:
When I was a sophomore in highschool one of my best friend’s died in a car wreck due to him being ejected from the car. People said that he would have survived if he would have put his seat belt on because there was a passenger with him who did not get ejected and survived with some major injuries. This led me to do more research on people who do and don’t wear seat belts and I found out some great statistics on this law.
Statistics
1. In a 2004 article titled “Safety Belt Statistics”, a professor from James Madison University states that “….”
One out of every five drivers will be involved in a traffic crash this year.
Approximately 35,000 people die in motor vehicle crashes each year. About 50 percent (17,000) of these people could be saved if they wore their safety belts.
More than 90 percent of all motorists believe safety belts are good idea, but less than 14 percent actually use them.
For every one percent increase in …show more content…
In a 2000 article titled “Reasons to Wear Your Seat Belt” Madhura Pandit stated that “There are strict seat belt laws world wide but, according to statistics, they are hardly followed. Approximately 50% lives will be saved in an accident if people wear seat belts. Seat belt safety statistics show that mostly the younger population between the age groups 16-35 are hardly found wearing seat belts. Seat belt facts also prove that 70% of the people wearing a seat belt have prevented injuries even on meeting with an accident. It is found that nearly 10,000 lives can be saved every year only by wearing a seat