Seatbelt Safety
Seatbelt us saves lives! However, one-quarter of youth do not use their seatbelts- this is the worst non-belt use rate of any age group.
If you could save friends' lives by asking them to fasten their seatbelts, would you? If you were asked, by a friend, to put your on, would you? Statistics tell us 69% of youth would ask a teen driver to fasten their seatbelt, but only 24% of the drivers polled said they would fasten their seatbelt if asked by a passenger.
In August, 2008, five members of Smyrna High's Class of 2008 were traveling in a car that flipped one and a half times. All five were transported to the hospital via ambulance. And all five walked out of the hospital on their own.
Why? Because all were wearing their seatbelts. The outcome of this could have been horrific. Instead, it's a lesson for all of us.
Ask any of these five and they will say the same thing... 'Wear your seatbelt!" They no longer believe "it can't happen to me..." And they buckle up... every time.
If you could save friends' lives by asking them to fasten their seatbelts, would you? If you were asked, by a friend, to put your on, would you? Statistics tell us 69% of youth would ask a teen driver to fasten their seatbelt, but only 24% of the drivers polled said they would fasten their seatbelt if asked by a passenger.
In August, 2008, five members of Smyrna High's Class of 2008 were traveling in a car that flipped one and a half times. All five were transported to the hospital via ambulance. And all five walked out of the hospital on their own.
Why? Because all were wearing their seatbelts. The outcome of this could have been horrific. Instead, it's a lesson for all of us.
Ask any of these five and they will say the same thing... 'Wear your seatbelt!" They no longer believe "it can't happen to me..." And they buckle up... every time.
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