Primary enforcement saves lives : the case for upgrading secondary safety belt laws.

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Safety belts save lives. In 2005, safety belts prevented 15,700 fatalities, 350,000 serious injuries, and $67 billion in economic costs associated with traffic injuries and deaths. At 82 percent, the 2005 national safety belt use rate increased 2 percentage points from 2004. Research has shown that for every percentage point increase in safety belt use, approximately 268 lives are saved. Primary Enforcement Saves Lives: The Case for Upgrading Secondary Safety Belt Laws presents the overwhelming evidence that safety belt use saves lives, reduces injuries, and reduces economic costs associated with motor vehicle crashes. The booklet can be distributed to garner support, to develop speeches, make presentations, to write fact sheets, and to write news releases. (Author/publisher)

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C 38515 [electronic version only]
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Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, 2006, 2 p.; Technology Transfer Series ; Traffic Tech No. 317

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