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Myth 2 — Seat belts trap people inside cars, and it’s safer to be thrown clear. The fact is that “thrown clear” is a misnomer. Being thrown from a vehicle usually means flying through the windshield or catapulting out a door. The force of a collision can fling a person as much as 150 feet onto a roadside object, into the path of oncoming traffic or scraping along the pavement.
Myth 3 — Seat belts cause injuries. The fact is that study after study in the United States and abroad show a substantial decrease in the number of serious injuries in actual auto accidents among those who jire belted versus those who aren’t.
In the rare instances where injuries due to belts have been reported, either the belt was inappropriately worn or the crash was so severe that the occupants would have been killed or seriously injured if they had been unbelted.
Myth 4 — “I don’t need belts since I am a careful driver.” The fact is that no matter how good a driver a person is, he or she cannot control the other car. There is no way to protect against another person’s bad
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