When passing, look for the whole front of the vehicle in your rear view mirror before pulling in front of the truck or bus. After passing don't slow down. Even more lives could be saved and serious injuries avoided if seat belt use in the United States, currently at 68 percent, could be increased to 90 percent, levels that are common in many other countries. America's Experience with Seat Belt and Child Seat Use Seat belts and child safety seats work. Yet, fewer than 40 percent of both adults and children who died in traffic crashes were properly restrained.
Seat belts work.
They are the most effective means of reducing fatalities and serious injuries when traffic crashes occur and are estimated to save 9,500 lives in America each year. Every 14 seconds someone in America is injured in a traffic crash and every 12 minutes someone is killed. When a traffic crash occurs, occupants are still traveling at the vehicle's original speed at the moment of impact. Just after the vehicle rapidly comes to a complete stop, unbelted occupants slam into the steering wheel, windshield, or other parts of the vehicle's interior. Seat belts provide the greatest protection against occupant ejection.