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The Importance Of Wearing A Seatbelt

The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a campaign to show the safety advantages of wearing a seatbelt. The risk is the same wherever you sit in a vehicle, and whatever kind of vehicle it is – on whatever sort of journey. In fact, the department’s research has found that people driving for work have a higher risk of accidents per mile driven than those who drive for leisure.

"Every day someone dies simply because they are not wearing a seat belt", the road safety minister commented, adding this is "a tragic waste that could be avoided if everyone took the simple step of belting up".

"If you have a crash without wearing a seat belt you actually experience three crashes, even at everyday speeds like 30mph. First, your car crashes and stops. Second - because there's nothing to stop you moving - your body carries on and hits the inside of the car. Third, you stop but your internal organs keep moving, hitting the inside of your body and tearing under the force of the impact.” He concluded.

Shocking statistics show one life could be saved each day if all drivers and passengers belt up every time they get in a car.

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