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Show Buckle up for Safety In driving to and from your July 4th celebration this year, take a few seconds to buckle your safety belt and ask your passengers to do likewise. Make sure your child passengers are properly protected. That's the advice of Bob Ingersoll, Manager of the Utah Safety Council. Ingersoll said that according ac-cording to the Nat. Safety Council it is estimated that between 500 to 600 person may die unnecessarily on the nation's highways on the three day holiday. He reports an estimated five celebrators may lose their lives locally in all, 12,000" lives a year could be saved if everyone used safety belts, he added. "The full use of the standard lap and shoulder safety belts would have a massive effect in saving lives and preventing injuries. in-juries. By wearing their belts, occupants are protected from being thrown out of the car during impact and from being thrown around ' the inside of the vehicle," he explained. Ingersoll cited National Safety Council statistics which show that 95 percent of all vehicle trips are less than 25 miles from the driver's home and that three out of four accidents occur within that distance. He suggests that it's as important im-portant to fasten safety belts for short trips as it is for long trips. |