Seat Belts are Effective Against Injury or Death from Car Accidents

It seems that posted safety signs, traffic lights, highway patrol, and driver sensibility are not enough to combat car accidents in San Diego County. With drivers as young as 16 on the road, everyone knows someone driving on a San Diego County road at any given time, and the sad fact is that car accidents, including fatal auto wrecks, are a reality that we have not yet been able to eliminate.

According to a survey conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 63% of people killed in accidents are not wearing seat belts. Aside from our own attentiveness and choices while on the road, seat belts are deemed to be the single most effective tool we have to safeguard ourselves against death while on the road.

Source and information today are showing that education is not doing the trick to convince the driving population, especially drivers ages 16-25, who are shown to be the least likely to use them. But they are not the only ones at risk because of not wearing a seat belt. This group is shown to be more likely to speed, drive drunk, and are involved in more car crashes than others on the road. These young drivers put the lives of other drivers at risk as well.

What can you do to brace for an unexpected car crash? Buckle up! Seat belts are estimated to save 9,500 lives each year. If 90% of Americans buckled up (as opposed to the reported 68%), we could prevent more than 5,500 deaths and 132,000 injuries annually.

Protect yourself against injury or death on the road. If something does happen to you and you are injured in a car accident, contact the personal injury lawyers at the Jurewitz Law Group for a free consultation and information that can make the difference in the fight against the insurance companies.