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Seating and Safety Restraints
The following are reasons most often given for not wearing safety belts
(All statistics based on U.S. data):
Reasons given...
Crashes are rare events
I'm not going far
Belts are uncomfortable
I was in a hurry
Safety belts don't work
Traffic is light
Belts wrinkle my clothes
The people I'm with don't
wear belts
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2010 Mariner (mrn)
Owners Guide, 2nd Printing
USA (fus)
Consider...
36700 crashes occur every day. The
more we drive, the more we are exposed
to rare events, even for good drivers.
1 in 4 of us will be seriously injured
in a crash during our lifetime.
3 of 4 fatal crashes occur within 25
miles (40 km) of home.
Your Ford safety belts are designed to
enhance comfort. If you are
uncomfortable - try different positions
for the safety belt upper anchorage and
seatback which should be as upright as
possible; this can improve comfort.
Prime time for an accident.
Belt-Minder reminds us to take a few
seconds to buckle up.
Safety belts, when used properly,
reduce risk of death to front seat
occupants by 45% in cars, and by 60%
in light trucks.
Nearly 1 of 2 deaths occur in
single-vehicle crashes, many when no
other vehicles are around.
Possibly, but a serious crash can do
much more than wrinkle your clothes,
particularly if you are unbelted.
Set the example, teen deaths occur 4
times more often in vehicles with TWO
or MORE people. Children and younger
brothers/sisters imitate behavior they
see.
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