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Issue: # 201002 January 25, 2010
Click It--Don't Risk It Chronicle
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This Airbag Doesn't Work without the Safety Belt
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Greetings!

It's hard to describe this job, and it usually gets distilled down to "I tell people to wear their safety belts."  But of course, even though we are hard workers, we can't personally contact everyone in Nebraska.

So, we're asking you for help.  Tell everyone to wear their belt, in every way you can.  If you're sponsoring a health fair, be sure to have a safety belt booth, and if you have input into company policy, make sure that it specifically says that safety belts are required when driving company vehicles and when personal vehicles are being driven on company business.

Thanks for your support.

Cherie Ferber
Don't forget to update your address!

We at Click It have a request.  If your email provider changes hands or if your company changes email addressing protocols or if you change jobs and need your successor to assume membership in the Nebraska Coalition to Save Lives Though Safety Belt Usage, please send us your new email address.

We rely on our strong membership to get the word out about safety belt usage and don't want you to miss a single issue of the Chronicle. 

If you ever do happen to miss an issue, don't worry, the back issues are on our website on the news and events page.

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New members can also sign up for membership via our webpage by joining the coalition on the Get Involved page. 
This Airbag Doesn't Work without the Safety Belt
While it's always true that safety belts must be worn for the airbag to work correctly, these airbags really don't work at all without the belt, because the airbag is actually inside the safety belt.  Ford has created rear-seat safety belts that contain an airbag inside the belt.

Check out this new technology

This advancement greatly improves the safety of rear seat passengers.

With both these new belts and the traditional belts however, they must be worn in order to work.  Spread the word--safety belts clearly save lives. 
 

The "Click It Chronicle," our Click It Campaign e-letter, published whenever there is news, is available to all those interested in increasing safety belt usage.  Please share this information freely. Take the information, copy to friends, businesses and organizations with the same concerns.  Using the information provided will help reduce the needless fatalities and injuries on our highways and the associated costs. To subscribe to this e-letter, join the coalition, or be removed from the list, contact the Click It Team at cidri@safenebraska.org.