Show More Use Seat Belts With Lock Before the government-mandated interlock seat belt system was introduced on 1974 model only 20 to 25 per cent of U.S. motorists buckled up THAT FIGURE has climbed to from 50 to 55 per cent seat belt usage among motorists having the but the latest surveys indicate that even that number of seat belt wearers is starting to decline as more people attempt to the interlock It's human nature for a person to believe he will not be involved in an automobile but the fact remains that motor vehicle accidents are the fifth-ranking cause of death among all ages and the leading cause of death among people age 24 and The estimated cost of automobile accidents in 1972 in terms of insurance maintaining medical was ACCORDING to the Automotive Information the first priority still should be increased efforts to reduce the number of accidents by removing the human and mechanical causes such as driving while driving too fast for conditions and failure to maintain vehicles in good mechanical A mandatory seat belt law under which motorists would be fined if they were not buckled up in a moving car equipped with seat belts has been introduced in 30 but is currently in effect only in one city in Ohio and in Puerto IN a seat belt use law cut traffic fatalities the first year by 20 per cent the first decline in traffic fatalities there in 38 years and greatly reduced the severity of accident Eye for snowed a decline of per A mandatory seat belt use law is an alternative to such auto occupant protection as the current interlock which adds about to the cost of the and the proposed air bags that automatically inflate on frontal and add about to the cost of the car plus another to maintain the system even if it never Air do not inflate on side impact so vehicle occupants would still need to wear seat belts for maximum |