There has been many laws passed saying that kids have to ride in a booster seat till they are at least 80 pounds or age 8. With theses booster seats we can save many lives of children. I think that kids should ride in a booster until they are age 8 or 80 pounds. Throughout this essay, you will see why riding in a booster seat is important for children safety.
When children are not in their booster seats they more likely to get hurt in an accident. For example, more than a third of children were killed because they were not in a booster seat. “ Fatalities occurring in larger vehicles: SUVs (55 percent), pick-ups (43 percent), vans (40 percent), and cars (24 percent).” This is showing that when children are not in their booster seats they are
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more likely to be killed. When you properly use a booster seat you can reduce the fatality rates. “ In fact, properly used car seats decrease the risk of fatal injury by 71 percent for infants and 54 percent for toddlers.” So when children are in their booster seats they are less likely to be harmed. “Children are 59 percent less likely to be injured in a booster seat than if they were using seat belts only.” This statistic shows that just putting your kid in a booster seat other than a seat belt, you are saving lives of children. Secondly, children can be a distraction. By them moving around the car it can cause the driver to be on an accident. Using the booster seat can make the kids stay in place and not move around the vehicle causing any distractions to the driver. “ A significant number of accidents are caused when parents are distracted by their children in the backseat. The largest number of such accidents are caused when the driver turns around to speak to the children.” For example, if a child is not sitting down or strapped in their booster seat the parent are going to get concerned telling them to sit down. As the statement say “ Large numbers of accidents are caused when the driver turns around.” When the drivers turn around it takes about three seconds for them to regain their attention back to the road. At times we are in a rush and just do things that are against the law.
People think that putting their kids just in a seat belt will protect them. Just putting their kids in a seat belt saved many lives. “According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), more than 15,000 lives are saved each year in the United States because drivers and their passengers were wearing seat belts when they were in a road traffic crash.” Just from wearing seat belts it saved many lives. So, because of that people believe that their child would be safe just by wearing a seatbelt. Secondly. People think that car seats are expensive and not needed because eventually they are going to outgrow it. Nowadays, people are making the expensive booster seats the safest ones. It would be a waste of money to buy a high price car seat that they would have to get rid of. Instead of paying $500 for a booster seat, why can’t I just use the seat belt that is already in the car? Just stated above, the seat belt have saved 15,000 lives for all passengers in the car. Just using the seatbelt has saved many lives and it fits all sizes, other than wasting money and buying a booster seat that has to be fitted. We have many reasons why we wouldn’t use a booster seat, it's just too much effort.
Using the booster seat saved many lives of children. It has helped decrease the fatality percentage of vehicle accidents. We may not feel like putting a child in a booster seat or we might think that is too expensive,
but we would know that we are saving a child's life. I think that a child should ride in a booster seat until they reach the age limit so they can remain safe. This would cause less distractions and less kids deaths.
In North Carolina, the “Click It or Ticket” program was put into place in 1993 by former Governor Jim Hunt to increase safety belt and child safety use rates through stepped up enforcement of the state’s safety belt law. According to North Carolina’s safety belt law all drivers and front seat passengers over the age of 16 are required to wear safety belts. Children less than age 16 are covered under the North Carolina Child Restraint Law. This law requires that children must be buckled up no matter where they are seated in the vehicle. Violators of the safety belt law are issued tickets and are subject to a fine of $25 plus $50 court costs. These violations have been defined as “infractions” and are not entered on driving records. In addition to this, effective January 1, 2005, any child less than 8 years old or 80 pounds in weight must ride in a booster seat. Violations of this law will result in a $25 fine plus court costs as well as having 2 points placed against driver’s license. However, drivers cited for this violation of this law for a 5,6, or 7 year old will be able to have the charges dismissed if they present proof to the court that they have acquired an appropriate restraint for that child. Statistics have been gathered on safety belt use since this program began and has shown that seat belt use has increased from 65 percent to 84 percent. It has also shown that fatal and serious injuries in North Carolina have been cut by 14 percent. Resulting in a savings of at least $135 million in health care related costs. Other positive ef...
In this article written by the author Bruce Feiler, titled “Teenage Drivers? Be Very Afraid”, he talks about how he suggest the parents to stop being helicopter parents and allow their children to be independent. However, other professionals’ suggestions are the opposite when teenagers start to drive. As a result of the teenagers’ immaturity, the parents are told to be more involved because their child’s life may be in danger. As stated in the article by Nichole Moris “the most dangerous two years of your life are between 16 and 17, and the reason for that is driving.” There are various factors that play huge roles through this phrase of the teenagers’ life: other passengers, cellphones, and parents. In 2013, under a million teenage drivers were involved in police-reported crashes, according to AAA. The accidents could have been more but many teenage accidents go unreported. As a result, one of their recommendations to the parents is to not allow their children to drive with other passengers: other passengers can big a huge distraction and could increase the rate of crashes by 44 percent. That risk doubles with a second passenger and quadruples with three or more. Furthermore, as technology has taken over teenagers’ lives, the parents should suggest to those teenagers who insists on using the phones that the only safe place for it to be: in a dock, at eye level, on the dashboard. The worst place is the cup holder, the driver’s lap, and the passenger’s seat. Next, professionals also suggest that the parents implement their own rule and even continue the ones like the graduated driver’s licenses regulations. This regulation includes restrictions like not allowing their children to drive between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. To
In the late 1920’s, school buses and larger industrial vehicles became a popular source of transportation that started from Ford dealership owner, A.L. Luce. Luce had plans to extend the school bus frame (from a Model T) to accompany more students per one bus. As school buses and city buses became more common throughout America’s cities for daily transportation, safety regulations and precautions were put in place. Safety features, including flashing caution lights, visors outside of the vehicle, and motorized stop signs and stop arms were all installed within the next 80 years to make the journey to and from school safer. Although many of these precautions were taken, many citizens believe that not enough action was taken to promote safety on school buses. Because a variety of school bus companies do not have a stance on whether seatbelts should be installed or not, the safety concerns mainly impact parents and school leaders. A good solution for many of those concerned would be the installation of seatbelts on every school bus within the United States, but the reality of seatbelts being on buses is quite the opposite of what people believe. Seatbelts are not the justification to these safety issues concerning school corporations and parents nationwide, as the seatbelts are a costly and dangerous factor.
Many people may choose not to wear a seatbelt because they don’t understand how and why they work. To begin with seatbelts are the first line of defense one has against an injury in a crash.
Even though there are some statistics that may show a lower rate of injury or death if you wear a seat belt when in an automobile accident, I do not feel that the government has the right to make wearing a seat belt mandatory for adults because by making seat belts mandatory it takes away from our right to freedom of choice, and wearing a seat belt does not eliminate the risk of injury or death as people have been injured and/or killed due to wearing a seat belt Current seat belt law originated from federal legislation in the 1960s that made it mandatory for all automobile manufacturers to include seat belts in their vehicles as a standard feature. Originally, the purpose of a seat belt was not to protect the occupants in the case of a crash, but rather to physically keep them in the vehicle, as driving was bumpy business. However, in today’s times, mandatory use of a seat belt falls under various states purview. Each state implements its own laws regarding enforcement of seat belt use.
Based on the analysis done by James Medison University, As many as 17,000 people could be saved every year by wearing a seatbelt. When we are not wearing a seat belt, it will increase medical costs in the event of an accident.
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Car accidents are the leading cause of death for people under the age of 35. Wearing a seat belt can prevent death in about half of these accidents. Did you know that every 15 seconds someone is injured in an automobile accident if they are not buckled up, or that every 13 minutes someone is killed in a crash. Failure to wear a seat belt contributes to more fatalities than any other single traffic safety related behavior. According to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration seatbelts saved nearly 12,000 lives in the United States in the year 2000. The NHTSA estimates that more than 9,000 U.S. car accident fatalities in 2000 would have been avoided if the victims had been wearing seatbelts. Sixty three percent of the people killed in accidents were not wearing seat belts. The NHTSA a...
The Benefits of Using a Baby Carrier A baby carrier comes with many added bonuses besides allowing you a more hands free approach to bonding. Baby carriers make life easier on parents and can help promote bonding. Below are some of the most beneficial reasons to use a baby carrier. • Breastfeeding: Many moms choose to breast feed and want to have privacy to be able to do so.
Seatbelts have been around since the 1950s and have proven to save lives over the years. The teenage stigma is that they do not need to wear one because they will be fine. After thousands of accidents where the occupants did not wear their seatbelt, the Supreme Court decided to pass some laws. “In 1972, the agency requires dull passive restraints for front seat occupants” (Supreme Court). The agency that the Supreme Court is referring to is the Department of Transportation. This law is a staple in automobile safety and sets a level of precedents for future laws. After this law was passed, the amount of fatalities from traffic incident relating to seat belts usage had dropped. The Supreme Court did not stop there, they continued to add more laws. “...new motor vehicles produced after September 1982 will be equipped with passive restraints to protect the safety of the occupants of the vehicle in the event of a collision” (Supreme Court). Now all new motor vehicles must have a form of passive restraint added to their vehicles before they can sell them to the public. The government hoped to protect more lives of young drivers who did not insist on wearing seat belts by making them mandatory and being enforced by police officers. Since 1972, hundreds of thousands of teenage lives have been saved with this simple safety
Although motor vehicle crashes are responsible for most severe maternal injuries and fetal losses form trauma, pregnant women have low rates of seat belt use. Proper seat belt use is the most significant modifiable factor in decreasing maternal and fetal injury and mortality after motor vehicle crashes. Seat belt-restrained women who are in motor vehicle crashes have the same fetal mortality rate as women who are not in motor vehicle crashes, but unrestrained women who are in crashes are 2.8 times more likely to lose their fetuses.
Although there are many unsafe things that people should not do while driving such as, texting, reckless driving, speeding, and driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, however, they still do it because they think they will not cause an accident. No one ever expects to get into a car accident one day while they are driving minding their own business heading towards their destination and suddenly being hit by someone ending up with head and back injuries and a broken hip bone or even fatality. The use of a seat belt may not save you from bodily injuries but it certainly can keep your body in place preventing you from being ejected out of a vehicle that has come to a halt. I’d rather be held in a car during a car accident than to be thrown on the side of a road any
First, you should understand the benefits of travel systems. One of the main benefits is affordability. You will save money by buying your stroller and car seat in one combined set, and these are both items you will need to have for your new baby. Travel systems also provide convenience.
Survey: Many parents are willing to leave kids unattended in car In the retelling, the accounts sound as tragic as a tragedy can be: A forgetful or distracted parent leaves behind an infant or toddler in a car parked in the summer heat, with deadly results. Almost 7 in 10 parents surveyed said they had heard such stories, but they were willing to leave their own children unattended in a car anyway. Particularly dads and parents of children ages 3 and under said they had left their kids alone in a parked car, according to a survey of 1,000 parents and caregivers conducted by Public Opinion Strategies of Washington. “Leaving a child unattended in a hot vehicle can result in swift, devastating and tragic consequences.
People ride bicycles for various reasons. Some people ride bicycles for sport, fitness purposes, as a mode of transportation, fun activity, and some people ride bikes to simply relax and clear their mind after a long day. Regardless of the reason you ride, it is important to know the factors that contribute to bicycle and helmet safety. A study in 2014 shows that 103.7 million people rode a bike that year and 34 percent of Americans age three or older rode a bike at least once in that year (“Study: 103.7 Million Americans Ride Bikes”). The importance of bicycle safety cannot be underestimated. According to the 2008 Alabama Traffic Crash Facts, there were 182 bicycle crash injuries and four fatalities. In 2008, children 14 years old and under