Originally posted by 7999: It is a good idea to wear a seat belt. I'm trying to get into the habit. I know a few people who were killed because they were thrown out of the car and the car landed on top of them. I saw on the news that if a passenger is not wearing their seat belt that it decreases the chance of surviving an accident by 25%.
In my Grandma/Aunt's case, a seatbelt wouldn't have made much difference, a moment of innatentiveness and they pulled out in front of a dump truck. I guess my point is that accidents don't wait for those long trips.
