Primary seat belt laws allow law enforcement officers to ticket a driver or passenger for not wearing a seat belt, without any other traffic offense taking place. Secondary seat belt laws state that law enforcement officers may issue a ticket for not wearing a seat belt only when there is another citable traffic infraction. Montana is an example of a state who uses the set of Secondary seat belt laws, and although it has been proven somewhat useful, 20.7% of Montana’s population, which is approximately 196,000 people, are still not buckling up (Primary Seatbelt Law Factsheet). In 2011 alone, there was a reported 172 vehicle occupant deaths. Out of those 172 deaths, 127 people were not wearing seatbelts (Montana Living). That is a large statistical number and often gets written off as just that, a statistic. But most Montana towns are small, with a wholesome community-feel based environment. That is 127 individual deaths which affect whole communities. If there can be at least one person saved from wearing a seatbelt, it would be beneficial to a magnitude of people. Some people however still dare to think “I don’t need to wear a seatbelt,” or “that would never happen to me.” There are many myths about seatbelt use, and I am going to help relieve some of those…
Business owners know that high ligation costs and lengthy delays make it difficult and expensive to resolve business disputes in court. Alternative dispute resolutions are superior solutions for resolving business disputes and are normally settled before trial, which saves significant time and money. Alternative dispute resolution can be achieved by several approaches, which may include negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. Traditional litigation resolves disputes in the civil court system in which one party loses and one wins. Although litigation and alternative disputes resolution both have advantages, alternative dispute resolution is generally faster and less expensive. This paper will compare and contrast the traditional litigation with nontraditional forms of alternative dispute resolution.…
Seat belts are designed to retain passengers in their seats during a collision to reduce the risk of injury. Being ejected during a collision is dangerous, 3 out of 4 of people who are ejected die from their injuries. Seat belts are therefore a very effective way of reducing the risk of injury and death. As you can see from the graphic to the right, they reduce the risk of death during a crash by 45% and the risk of serious injury by 50%. There are still some cons of wearing seat belts. Sometimes, during certain types of collisions, the seat belts cause further injury.…
I believe seat belt use should not be mandatory because seatbelt campaigns spend millions of taxpayer dollars that could be used otherwise, seat belt laws have not been shown to prevent accidents, and seat belt laws infringe on our natural rights.…
More injuries and deaths have been recorded as a lack of wearing a seatbelt. Some survivals have occurred because…
Thesis: Wearing a seatbelt should not be a law because citizens should have the freedom to drive without a seatbelt, as long as they are not putting someone else’s life in danger.…
Seatbelts save lives; by wearing them we could have lower insurance premiums, have lower fatality rates in automobile accidents, and keep the cost of hospital care a little more under control. Did you know that the cost of hospital care for unbelted drivers is 50% higher than the cost for a belted driver? Studies by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also show that most unbelted drivers tend to drive more careless and in most cases are uninsured. It’s not fair someone to drive with care, and have to pay an arm and a leg to insure their vehicle because of few reckless drivers. There are two types of seatbelt laws, primary and secondary. Primary allows an officer to issue a citation for a first offense violation and secondary gets you a warning for the first violation and then you will receive citations if you continue to break the law.…
Every Fourteen seconds someone is injured in a traffic accident in the United States alone. On average someone dies every thirteen minutes. In fact car crashes are the leading killer of Americans between the ages of three and thirty-three. If those people had been wearing a seatbelt the chances are they would have escaped serious injury or death. Have you ever thought about what the difference of wearing your seat belt could make? Or have you ever though if wearing your seat belt would make a different outcome? Wearing a seatbelt drastically increases ones chance of surviving a car crash. Seatbelts are the single most effective way of protecting ones self in a motor vehicle, yet despite the overwhelming evidence twenty-five percent of teens do not. Its time we enforce…
Car accidents are the leading cause of death and injury in the United States of both adults and children. Seat belts were invented for the purpose to help reduce death and injuries. An airbag is not as effective if it was not for a seat belt. “In the United States, a mandatory seat belt law was first enacted in New York in 1984. Lund et al. [6] found a nine percent decline in traffic fatalities in the first nine months when New York enacted mandatory seat belt law.” (Dissanayake 32) There are two types of mandatory laws, Primary Seat Belt Law and Secondary Seat Belt Law. Depending on the child’s age and weight determines how they should be buckled in. “The lifetime medical cost of crash injuries was estimated to be $18.4 billion: $7.7 billion for treated and released patients and $10.7 for hospitalized patients.” (Bergen 895)…
The National Transport Safety Board strongly supports the primary seat belt policy and strongly believes the enactment of the bill will increase the safety of road users. According to the March 2008 report by the National Highway Transport Safety Administration report, the seat belt law will save the state $400,000 and will save insurance companies $5.1 million in its first year of enactment (Citizens Count NH,…
Should students be required to wear school uniforms in public schools? This is a big topic of discussion for school boards. People can fall anywhere on a scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree with the idea of school uniforms. The article Should Kids Wear School Uniforms written by Sherry Bowen opens up and shares he personal thoughts on the controversial problem. I personally believe that school uniforms shouldn’t be required in public schools. However, Bowen is effective at persuading school boards and parents that students should wear school uniforms because of her use of pathos, ethos, and logos.…
I suppose they can. They have, and they also require passengers to wear one as well.…
Racial integration is a worthy goal, and busing is an easy means to achieving that goal.…
Imagine being a teenager again in today’s schools, basically running through the halls with arms full of books, so there might be enough time to get into assigned lockers, hoping that nothing drops off the pill of books that is being carrying. According to Northeast Middle/High School Handbook, it is restricted for students to having any form of carrying bag during the school day with the exceptions for P.E. class and laptop case (provided by school). Although the Northeast Student Handbook prohibits backpacks on students during school time, students should be allowed to carry them because there is too much to carry, not enough time, and it provides safety for all school equipment from being dropped.…
Should uniforms be mandatory for elementary and middle school? Some say uniforms doesn’t have to be just for private schools only. Uniforms have been around for a very long time for private schools only. Most uniforms started at elementary and middle schools. Back then, uniforms were not as popular as they are today because of how much dressing could take part in students. In the past three years, wearing uniforms became a policy for more schools. Uniforms should be permitted for all elementary and middle schools because they make schools safer, increase bullying and encourage students to stay focus.…
