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If seat belt use rates rose to 90 percent in every state it would drastically reduce the cost of car insurance for all consumers. A recent Department of Transportation study estimates that 1,652 lives could be saved and 22,372 serious injuries avoided each year on America’s roadways The new research report, based on 2007 data, also estimates that seat belts saved a stunning 15,147 lives that year. The study’s findings were released today as the
Department launched its “Click It or Ticket” nationwide enforcement campaign. This would save American drivers millions of dollars each year in car insurance.
“Click It or Ticket”, a national seat belt law enforcement campaign. is set to run from May 18 to May 31. “Wearing a seat belt costs nothing and yet it’s the single most effective traffic safety device ever invented,” said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “We want to let the American people know that by failing to wear your seat belt, you not only risk serious injury or death, you also risk getting a ticket.
The estimated national seat belt use rate – which stood at 83 percent in 2008 – is based on NHTSA’s National Occupant Protection Use Survey. One of five Americans still fails to buckle up regularly, but perhaps more would if they realized how much money they could save on car insurance.