The_Mandatory_Usage_Of_Seatbelts

The Mandatory Usage Of Seatbelts Table of Contents: *Introduction- Page 3 *History of the Seatbelt- Page 3,4 *Reasons to Wear a Seatbelt- Page 5 *THINK!- Page 6 *Reasons not to Wear a Seatbelt- Page 6 *Facts about Seatbelts- Page 7 *Conclusion- Page 7 Laws should be passed in all states that require all automotive vehicles to wear seatbelts. Because of the fact that the United States has one of the lowest seatbelt usage percentages, the United States has one of the highest death tolls in automobile accidents. Yet since 1983, the wearing of seatbelts has reduced deaths by an approximate 50,000 people (www.thinkseatbelts.com). There has always been the argument of whether or not seat belts should be required to wear. There are still to this day, many people that say, “The seat belt can’t save my life”, or “I’m only driving for less than 5 minutes”. Those are indeed some people’s opinions, but the fact is that those five minutes could cost you your life. Although there would always be those who are against seat belts, it is for the good of the society that they should be required. The history of seat belts go all the way back to the early 1900’s. At this time in history, there were very few cars seat, belt, wear, people, should, belts, states, seatbelt, laws, one, required, passengers, new, estimated, wearing, vehicle, united, seatbelts, page, medical, been, always, vehicles, think, reasons, primary, over, life, because, wwwthinkseatbeltscom, wwwprevention…, way, since, save, safety