Of all the things you can do to lessen the severity of a crash, wearing a safety belt is the single most important thing.
Safety belts save lives and prevent injuries.
Safety belt laws are the most effective way to encourage people to buckle up. One in every 16 Nebraska drivers will be involved in a motor vehicle crash this year. Crashes kill over 40,000 people in the U.S. every year. If everyone in the front seat buckled up, about 15,000 of those lives could be saved. Crashes kill almost 300 people in Nebraska every year.