Aside from always following traffic signs and obeying the rules of the road, buckling up your safety belt may be the single most dramatic move you can make to reduce your health risks. The deaths and injuries that occur every year due to car accidents could be reduced by about half if both drivers and passengers used their safety belts. Make sure that everyone in your vehicle is strapped in, and that small children are secured in safety seats before you take off. Never, Ever Drink and Drive Young people in particular are at high risk for auto accidents. Adding alcohol to the situation is sheer insanity.
Alcohol is the major cause of fatal car crashes caused by human error.
People are killed on the road every day because they or others had alcohol-impaired judgment or reflexes. Drunk driving results in hundreds of thousands of injuries including lifetime disability from brain damage, paralysis, blindness, or amputated or deformed limbs. Never use rear-facing child safety seats in the front seat of a vehicle. A rapidly inflating air bag can strike the rear-facing seat, seriously injuring or killing the child. Have children ride in the rear seat whenever possible .