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Originally Posted by JP
I agree with car seats and seat belts.
I use/used both but it should be my choice not the governments.
Same with smoking.
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When "you" don't use seatbelts and car seats, it raises the cost of my health care.
From 2004 statistics:
Over the past five years, the number of motor vehicle occupants killed in crashes has risen each year. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), seat belts save 13,000 lives each year, but 7,000 people die because they do not use seat belts. In 2001, 73 percent of restrained passengers involved in fatal crashes survived, compared to 44 percent of unrestrained occupants. The deaths and injuries that result from non-use of safety belts cost society an estimated $26 billion annually in medical care, lost productivity and other injury-related costs.