Show progress on safety safely belts after years of indifference efforts to have motorists wear seat scat belts appear tobo to be achieving some success all automo Ulo manufacturers now offer ofer belts as equipment and ono one is equipping its sports car V with I 1 th belts at the factory the major companies are putting n goolt belt into cars caro loaned schools for driver training the case for bolts belts was presented by tom ma athoney boney in a march readers reader s digest article A seat abelt belt could bave your LUO life the 16 ariter known in automobile circles as ag tho the biographer of george romny ny american motor president maym aya 30 to CO 60 percent ortho of the americans killed annually in cars carp can be by belts belto k I 1 I 1 t properly installed and hrom belts hold gers gera in their floats tho the risk va ys jaaj ar or death is s five dye times greater fox for tho the t ho person iwao is ia thrown out than for uie person who stays stay I 1 inside A car The writer walter compares a minor celaa accident litt in woh hil hii morhet was thrown out md and hurt fatally wi liaa I 1 t a ac tit in which the california highway 1 way patrol credits with saving the lives of two men W 1 the fihe seat belts after dincov drio dUri 11 the korean war it was more boam n awid accidents opts than dmn ya ju battle the agurk iAsu insurance rAnce companies had an average of 15 fieldman killed each yew year wore before putting belts belt ju ill its 1400 company cars in 1955 since then with 1 more ore pal cars p only one of the company men has been killed and he was not wearing but beitling eit jling on his belt state police cars in 32 I 1 noc hm belts tiey were added to the automobiles used by the british boyaj state senator edward J of new york wants to require all cars cara sold bold in W peato fatato to huo attachment pints format for beat belts next year simuan le aatlo 94 V has haa been introduced in con ut and illinois representative kenneth A iotch of alabama akabar a wants all government cars care to hayo bolas bel the latest seat scat belts are mostly pylon come in colors to metal buckles for instant rolease release and axe are generally rally much improved in strength and at over those of a do decade cada ago if the owners of the ae 9 99 percent af pf the ears care which are not equip equipped pOl 2 with felti were to add them it would be a desirable shot in tho arm for business more important as the digest article points out it would savo save to lives a year |