We decided to take a picture of a car seat and a vehicle in the background, because car seats and vehicles have been made to prevent deaths and injuries. Car safety ties in to public health because it is a prevention measure. Accidental deaths are caused every year by traffic accidents no matter who is at fault. Having seatbelt laws, car seats for children, and airbags constitutes the meaning of public health because these simple yet needed items are the main cause of accidental death when neglected. It is important for us to realize that taking easy precautions throughout the day makes an important decision for our lives. Motor vehicle crashes are one of the leading causes of death in the United States.
As a result of this statistic, stricter laws and improved car safety have been developed and enforced to aid in the decline of deaths by automobile, and because of this, fatalities in motor vehicle crashes have declined by about 25 percent since 2005. The mandate for drivers and passengers to wear seat belts probably was the single thing that stimulated the decline of automobile related deaths in the United States. This is evident in the statistic produced by the NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics, which documented that the use of seat belts in passenger vehicles saved an estimated 12,546 lives in 2010. The evolution of car safety is becoming more important each day because people are investing in them more and more, so there has to be new and improved safety measures put into the cars each year.
Along with laws mandating the use of seat belts for drivers and adult passengers, the use of child safety seats is also a major factor in the safety of children throughout the country. Florida law requires that any child under five years old must be properly strapped into any vehicle no matter where they are seated. The law also makes certain stipulations based on age and size, such as the fact that infants under the age of one and under 20 pounds must ride in a rear facing car seat. Because of the use of this simple safety mechanism, the NHTSA estimates that nearly 9,000 lives were saved by child restraints between 1975 and 2008.
In conclusion, car safety equipment such as air bags, seat belts, and children car seats are a big YES, to public health. It screams prevention, these equipments save lives and causes injuries to not be as bad as they could have been. The law implemented laws to mandate seat belt wearing and having children in car seats help to enforce the prevention. We realize that automobile accidents are the top of list for causes of deaths and we found a way to cut those numbers. Cars are much safer than they use to be.Who would have thought that car mechanics and public health had a connection?
As a result of this statistic, stricter laws and improved car safety have been developed and enforced to aid in the decline of deaths by automobile, and because of this, fatalities in motor vehicle crashes have declined by about 25 percent since 2005. The mandate for drivers and passengers to wear seat belts probably was the single thing that stimulated the decline of automobile related deaths in the United States. This is evident in the statistic produced by the NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics, which documented that the use of seat belts in passenger vehicles saved an estimated 12,546 lives in 2010. The evolution of car safety is becoming more important each day because people are investing in them more and more, so there has to be new and improved safety measures put into the cars each year.
Along with laws mandating the use of seat belts for drivers and adult passengers, the use of child safety seats is also a major factor in the safety of children throughout the country. Florida law requires that any child under five years old must be properly strapped into any vehicle no matter where they are seated. The law also makes certain stipulations based on age and size, such as the fact that infants under the age of one and under 20 pounds must ride in a rear facing car seat. Because of the use of this simple safety mechanism, the NHTSA estimates that nearly 9,000 lives were saved by child restraints between 1975 and 2008.
In conclusion, car safety equipment such as air bags, seat belts, and children car seats are a big YES, to public health. It screams prevention, these equipments save lives and causes injuries to not be as bad as they could have been. The law implemented laws to mandate seat belt wearing and having children in car seats help to enforce the prevention. We realize that automobile accidents are the top of list for causes of deaths and we found a way to cut those numbers. Cars are much safer than they use to be.Who would have thought that car mechanics and public health had a connection?
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Chuks Ibekwe
Andrew Santiago
Telicia Davis
Josh Miller
Seat belts can potentially save our lives everyday. I lost one of my best friends from high school who died in a tragic car accident. He most likely would have survived had he worn his seat belt. Ever since that day I make sure myself anyone who rides along with me put on a seat belt.
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ReplyDeleteSeat Belts have been proven to save lives on a day to day basis, and i believe this is one of the best and most popular ways that public health has effected the community arounds. Seat belts where designed to restrain a person to there seats if and when thy where to ever get in to a car accident, thus keeping them from hurting them self by either ejecting from there automobiles, hitting there heads, or having a sudden burst of velocity that would give them whiplash or worse cause death. Seat belts have for sure been a major reason why so many people can sit back today and say they have had their lives saved. I personally know people like this, and can truly cay i am so grateful that public health took the innovative in to providing and implementing the use of seat belts.
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Many people overlook the fact that carseats (and seatbelts) play a huge role in the public's health. One of my close friend's lost her daughter to a drunk driver. Sadly, her daughter was not in a carseat nor did she have on a seatbelt. I believe if her child had been in a carseat, she would have a had a better chance of survival. I think it is very important for the public to know just how important carseats are for children, as mentioned before, because they help prevent fatal injuries and most importantly they help save lives.
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