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To: Solon who wrote (6856)	4/15/2003 3:18:58 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7689

I can find claim after claim that oin fact seat belt jusage does reduce injury and mortality risk. Finding actual statistics is a whole 'nother matter. This calims usage drops mortality by 45%: wisconsinmedicalsociety.org but gives no data. Over half of all youths ages 13 to 19 killed as occupants in motor vehicle crashes are unrestrained. (Graph: "Unrestrained Vehicle Occupants in Fatal Crashes" - NHTSA FARS, 1997) Ejection from a vehicle is one of the most life-threatening traumas that can happen to a person in a crash. In fatal crashes, 75 percent of passenger car occupants who were totally ejected from the vehicle were killed. Safety belts are effective in preventing total ejections. nsc.org