Auto Accidents and Defective Seat Belts
While it is estimated that nearly 15,000 lives are saved each year because of seat belts during automobile accidents, it is also estimated that nearly 10,000 deaths are the result of defective seat belts in car wrecks. The national campaign to get individuals to use their seat belts becomes more difficult when defective seat belts become the cause of an automobile driver’s death.
Seat belts have the ability to better protect vehicle occupants from fatal accidents than anything else. According to federal statistics, in 2003, the use of seat belts saved nearly 15,000 lives nationwide. However, even more than 6,000 deaths per year are related to the improper use — or the failure to use — the proper seat belt restraints during a car crash.
Automobile Accidents on the Rise
As more individuals continue to become licensed drivers in America, the number of automobile accidents also continues to be on the rise as well. One of the most common automobile accidents occurs while an individual is under the influence of alcohol, which often result in deadly and severe accidents.
The leading cause of personal injury among Americans today is due to automobile accidents involving cars, trucks or motorcycles.
It has often been said that individuals are more at risk for becoming injured while driving rather than flying, and as their are more individuals on the road each year, this appears to quickly becoming the dangerous truth.