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While we're all working hard to get people to recognize that safety belts save lives, safety belts just keep on working to save lives--even while the wearer is working on something else.
The Beatrice paper carried the story of a deputy hard at work pursuing a stolen vehicle when his own law enforcement vehicle rolled during the chase due to road conditions. Thanks to the safety belt in use, the deputy survived the crash even though he sustained injuries.
Safety belts work in Beatrice.
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A YouTube Video for You
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In this YouTube video about Ohio's 2009 Click It or Ticket Campaign, Bill Windsor from Nationwide Insurance explains that not wearing a safety belt is not an individual right. The hidden costs of unbelted crash victims increase everyone's insurance rates and Medicare and Medicaid costs, and increase employer's workman comp rates and reduce potential productivity.
Mr. Windsor also speaks about the disconnect in Ohio numbers between unbelted drivers and Ohio crash fatalities. In Ohio, 17% of motor vehicle occupants don't wear belts, but they account for 59% of crash fatalities.
In Nebraska, about 17% of drivers are not buckled. But of the 67 vehicle occupants killed in crashes so far in 2009, 53, or 79%, were not belted. In other words, 17% of the people account for 79% of the fatalities.
Share this perspective at your next health fair or even at a staff meeting. Maybe looking at the numbers in a different way will help make the point that if you're playing the odds, it's better to go with the safety belt.
Watch Bill Windsor from Nationwide Insurance
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Geico's Safety Belt Poster Contest
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GEICO's next Safety Belt Poster Contest will begin in October, 2009. Check entry details on www.geico.com beginning in September. Each fall, GEICO invites students across the country to design, draw, paint, color or cut and paste an original
picture and message about using safety belts.
Start organizing your poster contest now! Check out the 2008 winners! |
