We've seen a pretty dramatic increase on some roadways that the speed limit did not really change on. They are really not designed for the speeds that we believe some people are driving. I think they make an assumption. The proportion of those fatalities declined to 33.3 percent as compared with 35.9 percent in 1995. State officials, citing surveys finding 78 percent of drivers buckled up last year as compared with only 15 percent in 1985 when Texas enacted a safety belt law, urged people to use the restraints during the holiday weekend and every day.
Safety belts work.
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