Wear your Seatbelts

Here in the DC suburbs there have been a rash of car accidents with young drivers--teens mainly. According to the Washington Post story  there have been 13 young people killed in the past few weeks.  Our governments are thinking about how to fix the problem and may be considering tightening the teenage driving laws.  But one thing struck me:  wear your durn seatbelts.  Apparently a lot of the kids killed in these collisions were not wearing their seat belts.   

Fer Pete's Sake:  wear the things--they can save your life!!

Comments

[Lisa Solomon]

I'm disappointed to read that teens are not using their seatbelts.

Since seatbelt and child restraint laws have been in effect for so long, I though it would be second nature for teens to belt up when they get in the ca. I would be very interested to find out whether the parents of the dead teens wear their seatbelts all the time, and whether they required their children to do so when they were in the car with their children.

[David Kaufman]

I wish I had that data Lisa but I do not. Maybe someone who knows will post here.