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What percentage of Americans who did not wear seat belts suffered or caused harm because of it?

• ceejayoz 3y ago
  Enough? Consensus appears to be 300-400k people saved since 1975. Charting motor vehicle deaths against miles driven reveals a stark improvement in mortality as vehicle safety improved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_United_States#/media/File%3AUS_traffic_deaths_per_VMT%2C_VMT%2C_per_capita%2C_and_total_annual_deaths.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_U...
  • pdonis 3y ago
    > Consensus appears to be 300-400k people saved since 1975. I don't see where that number is given in the article you referenced. In any case, I didn't ask for a number, I asked for a percentage of people who didn't wear seat belts who suffered or caused harm because of it.
    • ceejayoz 3y ago
      > I don't see where that number is given in the article you referenced. It's not hard to find. https://www.bankrate.com/insurance/car/seat-belt-statistics/ https://www.bankrate.com/insurance/car/seat-belt-statistics/ is an example claiming 329,715. > In any case, I didn't ask for a number, I asked for a percentage of people who didn't wear seat belts who suffered or caused harm because of it. Yes, I did notice that, and the not so subtle sleight of hand involved in it.
      • pdonis 3y ago
        > the not so subtle sleight of hand If you think that was sleight of hand, we obviously have very different attitudes about risk and regulation and we probably won't be able to have a productive discussion.
• zip1234 3y ago
  Emergency services and social costs of crashes are immense.