Seat belts are designed to retain passengers in their seats during a collision to reduce the risk of injury. Being ejected during a collision is dangerous, 3 out of 4 of people who are ejected die from their injuries. Seat belts are therefore a very effective way of reducing the risk of injury and death. As you can see from the graphic to the right, they reduce the risk of death during a crash by 45% and the risk of serious injury by 50%. There are still some cons of wearing seat belts. Sometimes, during certain types of collisions, the seat belts cause further injury.…
Business owners know that high ligation costs and lengthy delays make it difficult and expensive to resolve business disputes in court. Alternative dispute resolutions are superior solutions for resolving business disputes and are normally settled before trial, which saves significant time and money. Alternative dispute resolution can be achieved by several approaches, which may include negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. Traditional litigation resolves disputes in the civil court system in which one party loses and one wins. Although litigation and alternative disputes resolution both have advantages, alternative dispute resolution is generally faster and less expensive. This paper will compare and contrast the traditional litigation with nontraditional forms of alternative dispute resolution.…
I believe seat belt use should not be mandatory because seatbelt campaigns spend millions of taxpayer dollars that could be used otherwise, seat belt laws have not been shown to prevent accidents, and seat belt laws infringe on our natural rights.…
Every Fourteen seconds someone is injured in a traffic accident in the United States alone. On average someone dies every thirteen minutes. In fact car crashes are the leading killer of Americans between the ages of three and thirty-three. If those people had been wearing a seatbelt the chances are they would have escaped serious injury or death. 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? Wearing a seatbelt drastically increases ones chance of surviving a car crash. Seatbelts are the single most effective way of protecting ones self in a motor vehicle, yet despite the overwhelming evidence twenty-five percent of teens do not. Its time we enforce…
Thesis: Wearing a seatbelt should not be a law because citizens should have the freedom to drive without a seatbelt, as long as they are not putting someone else’s life in danger.…
Introduction: Topic – Seat belts in school busesThesis Statement – Seat belts should be required in school buses.Opponents suggests costly measure , time children spend on buses, belts in car why not bus…
Car accidents are the leading cause of death and injury in the United States of both adults and children. Seat belts were invented for the purpose to help reduce death and injuries. An airbag is not as effective if it was not for a seat belt. “In the United States, a mandatory seat belt law was first enacted in New York in 1984. Lund et al. [6] found a nine percent decline in traffic fatalities in the first nine months when New York enacted mandatory seat belt law.” (Dissanayake 32) There are two types of mandatory laws, Primary Seat Belt Law and Secondary Seat Belt Law. Depending on the child’s age and weight determines how they should be buckled in. “The lifetime medical cost of crash injuries was estimated to be $18.4 billion: $7.7 billion for treated and released patients and $10.7 for hospitalized patients.” (Bergen 895)…
As you're driving down the highway you will most likely see "Click It Or Ticket" signs, and you may ask yourself, has the government gone too far with this law? People in America have the right to risk their own life by doing things such as rock climbing or bicycling without a helmet, the freedom to choose to wear a seatbelt is no different. Since the forming of our country our rights have become more and more regulated and the seatbelt law is only one example of this. You may want to ask yourself how many freedoms are you willing to loose before you object?…
The National Transport Safety Board strongly supports the primary seat belt policy and strongly believes the enactment of the bill will increase the safety of road users. According to the March 2008 report by the National Highway Transport Safety Administration report, the seat belt law will save the state $400,000 and will save insurance companies $5.1 million in its first year of enactment (Citizens Count NH,…
In society today, seatbelts can either save someone’s life or take it away from them. Multiple people everyday in the United States die from not wearing a seatbelt while driving. People should wear seatbelts, not only is it the law, but it makes roads safer and it can save lives.…
Should students be required to wear school uniforms in public schools? This is a big topic of discussion for school boards. People can fall anywhere on a scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree with the idea of school uniforms. The article Should Kids Wear School Uniforms written by Sherry Bowen opens up and shares he personal thoughts on the controversial problem. I personally believe that school uniforms shouldn’t be required in public schools. However, Bowen is effective at persuading school boards and parents that students should wear school uniforms because of her use of pathos, ethos, and logos.…
Imagine being a teenager again in today’s schools, basically running through the halls with arms full of books, so there might be enough time to get into assigned lockers, hoping that nothing drops off the pill of books that is being carrying. According to Northeast Middle/High School Handbook, it is restricted for students to having any form of carrying bag during the school day with the exceptions for P.E. class and laptop case (provided by school). Although the Northeast Student Handbook prohibits backpacks on students during school time, students should be allowed to carry them because there is too much to carry, not enough time, and it provides safety for all school equipment from being dropped.…
I suppose they can. They have, and they also require passengers to wear one as well.…
Racial integration is a worthy goal, and busing is an easy means to achieving that goal.…
Should uniforms be mandatory for elementary and middle school? Some say uniforms doesn’t have to be just for private schools only. Uniforms have been around for a very long time for private schools only. Most uniforms started at elementary and middle schools. Back then, uniforms were not as popular as they are today because of how much dressing could take part in students. In the past three years, wearing uniforms became a policy for more schools. Uniforms should be permitted for all elementary and middle schools because they make schools safer, increase bullying and encourage students to stay focus.…
