Lillian Bonine
Mrs. King
ELA 8th hour
07 April 2017
Seat belt importance Can seat belts really save you life? People are losing their lives everyday and costing billions to themselves and their government because they are making the decision to not wear their seat belt. So, the seat belt law to continue to be enforced. According to some statistics people that don’t wear seatbelts are at higher risk of injury in car crashes and are more likely to lose their life. Kathyrn O'Leary Higgins states, in her own evidence. “In 2007, 76 vehicle occupants (age 18 and older) died; more than 70 percent were not using the available seat belts.” She is originally stating that if they were wearing their seat belt could have prevented losses of life. “Unfortunately, …show more content…
Would you like to pay more taxes or make the habit of putting your seatbelt on to stay safe? NHTSA claims that “The lifetime cost to society for each fatality is over $977,000, over 80 percent of which is attributed to lost workplace and household productivity. In 2005, more than 5,300 lives and because of this billions of dollars might have been saved if everyone had used a seat belt.” More fatalities are happening and costing taxpayers more money for not obeying the law. NHTSA estimates that, “If everyone in New Hampshire used a seat belt, New Hampshire would prevent an additional 20 fatalities and more than 750 injuries, saving the state's taxpayers more than $85 million. In 2000, the most recent year for which data is available, the total economic cost of motor vehicle crashes that occurred in New Hampshire was more than $1 billion.” It’s costing more if people aren’t making right decisions. Also, hospital bill could potentially be expensive for that same …show more content…
"Seat Belt Laws Are Unnecessary." Transportation, edited by Louise Gerdes, Greenhaven Press, 2008. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010523219/OVIC?u=pub_ovrc&xid=9969f9bb. Accessed 4 Apr. 2017. Originally published as "Unbuckling Seat Belt Laws," Reason, 27 May 2004.
Runge, Jeffrey W. "Seat Belt Laws Should Be Enforced." Cars in America, edited by Andrea C. Nakaya, Greenhaven Press, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context,link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010429212/OVIC?u=pub_ovrc&xid=78e73709. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017. Originally published as "testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation," 2005.
Kathyrn O'Leary. "Primary Seatbelt Enforcement Laws Are Beneficial." Cars in America, edited by Andrea C. Nakaya, Greenhaven Press, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010429245/OVIC?u=pub_ovrc&xid=eca022db. Accessed 4 Apr. 2017. Originally published as "Testimony of Honorable Kathryn O'Leary Higgins, Board Member, National Transportation Safety Board,"
Mrs. King
ELA 8th hour
07 April 2017
Seat belt importance Can seat belts really save you life? People are losing their lives everyday and costing billions to themselves and their government because they are making the decision to not wear their seat belt. So, the seat belt law to continue to be enforced. According to some statistics people that don’t wear seatbelts are at higher risk of injury in car crashes and are more likely to lose their life. Kathyrn O'Leary Higgins states, in her own evidence. “In 2007, 76 vehicle occupants (age 18 and older) died; more than 70 percent were not using the available seat belts.” She is originally stating that if they were wearing their seat belt could have prevented losses of life. “Unfortunately, …show more content…
Would you like to pay more taxes or make the habit of putting your seatbelt on to stay safe? NHTSA claims that “The lifetime cost to society for each fatality is over $977,000, over 80 percent of which is attributed to lost workplace and household productivity. In 2005, more than 5,300 lives and because of this billions of dollars might have been saved if everyone had used a seat belt.” More fatalities are happening and costing taxpayers more money for not obeying the law. NHTSA estimates that, “If everyone in New Hampshire used a seat belt, New Hampshire would prevent an additional 20 fatalities and more than 750 injuries, saving the state's taxpayers more than $85 million. In 2000, the most recent year for which data is available, the total economic cost of motor vehicle crashes that occurred in New Hampshire was more than $1 billion.” It’s costing more if people aren’t making right decisions. Also, hospital bill could potentially be expensive for that same …show more content…
"Seat Belt Laws Are Unnecessary." Transportation, edited by Louise Gerdes, Greenhaven Press, 2008. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010523219/OVIC?u=pub_ovrc&xid=9969f9bb. Accessed 4 Apr. 2017. Originally published as "Unbuckling Seat Belt Laws," Reason, 27 May 2004.
Runge, Jeffrey W. "Seat Belt Laws Should Be Enforced." Cars in America, edited by Andrea C. Nakaya, Greenhaven Press, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context,link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010429212/OVIC?u=pub_ovrc&xid=78e73709. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017. Originally published as "testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation," 2005.
Kathyrn O'Leary. "Primary Seatbelt Enforcement Laws Are Beneficial." Cars in America, edited by Andrea C. Nakaya, Greenhaven Press, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010429245/OVIC?u=pub_ovrc&xid=eca022db. Accessed 4 Apr. 2017. Originally published as "Testimony of Honorable Kathryn O'Leary Higgins, Board Member, National Transportation Safety Board,"