MCIWEST-MCB CAMP PENDLETON Critical Days of Summer Newsletter May 2014 Seatbelt laws and Regulations Seat belts are the most effective means Research has found that lap/shoulder of saving lives and reducing serious seat belts, when used, reduce the risk of injuries in traffic mishaps. Wearing them fatal injury to front-seat passenger car properly is also the law. Every year, occupants by 45 percent and the risk of Marines, Sailors, family members, and moderate-to-critical injury by 50 percent. friends are killed, or maimed simply In 2011 alone, seat belts saved an because they did not “buckle up”. Failure to use seat belts contributes to more estimated 11,949 lives (Traffic Safety fatalities than any other single traffic Facts: 2011 Data, NHTSA, DOT HS 811 safety-related behavior. Seat belts and 729). For more information on the child safety seats save lives when use campaign by NHTSA and the States to correctly and significantly reduce the rate increase seat belt use, visit of injury in a mishap. Despite all the www. nhtsa.gov/CIOT. hazards we face every time we get behind the wheel of a vehicle, wearing a seat belt For Marine Corps specific please review is still the single most effective thing you Safety MCO 5100.19F “Traffic Program”. can do to save lives and reduce injuries on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and roads. Traffic regulations are contained in our nation’s highways MCIWEST-MCB Camp Pendleton Order 5000.2. Collectively we can raise Adults age 18-34 are less likely to wear awareness, reduce risk and maintain a seat belts than adults 35 or older (CDC, high level of readiness! unpublished data). Men are 10% less likely to wear seat belts than women For more information contact the (CDC, unpublished data). Installation Traffic Safety Manager at (760)763-5070. Click It or Ticket: National Seat Belt Enforcement Mobilization 19 May 1 June 2014 –
MCIWEST-MCB CAMP PENDLETON Critical Days of Summer Newsletter May 2014 Seatbelt laws and Regulations Seat belts are the most effective means of saving lives and reducing serious injuries in traffic mishaps. Wearing them properly is also the law. Every year, Marines, Sailors, family members, and friends are killed, or maimed simply because they did not “buckle up”. Failure to use seat belts contributes to more fatalities than any other single traffic safety-related behavior. Seat belts and child safety seats save lives when use correctly and significantly reduce the rate of injury in a mishap. Despite all the hazards we face every time we get behind the wheel of a vehicle, wearing a seat belt is still the single most effective thing you can do to save lives and reduce injuries on our nation’s highways and roads. Adults age 18-34 are less likely to wear seat belts than adults 35 or older (CDC, unpublished data). Men are 10% less likely to wear seat belts than women (CDC, unpublished data). Research has found that lap/shoulder seat belts, when used, reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat passenger car occupants by 45 percent and the risk of moderate-to-critical injury by 50 percent. In 2011 alone, seat belts saved an estimated 11,949 lives (Traffic Safety Facts: 2011 Data, NHTSA, DOT HS 811 729). For more information on the campaign by NHTSA and the States to increase seat belt use, visit www. nhtsa.gov/CIOT. For Marine Corps specific please review MCO 5100.19F “Traffic Safety Program”. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Traffic regulations are contained in MCIWEST-MCB Camp Pendleton Order 5000.2. Collectively we can raise awareness, reduce risk and maintain a high level of readiness! For more information contact the Installation Traffic Safety Manager at (760)763-5070. Click It or Ticket: National Seat Belt Enforcement Mobilization 19 May – 1 June 2014
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