| Car safety has most assuredly improved through | | | | operators. It wasn't until Congress in many states |
| the years since the debut of the automobile. The | | | | addressed this very serious issue of car safety |
| founders of the industry would be truly astounded | | | | on a state and national level, to a serious |
| at all the features now available on our main form | | | | campaign to use the seat belts was launched. |
| of transportation. The birth of the combustion | | | | Drivers in these states are required to buckle up |
| engine has changed our lives and in most dramatic | | | | or they will be fined by law enforcement. I believe |
| way. It has allowed us to journey to places that | | | | the slogan is "click it or ticket". Some car |
| would otherwise have taken weeks or months to | | | | manufacturers in an effort to improve car safety |
| reach. Many changes have taken place over the | | | | designed seat belts that would secure themselves |
| years, and improving car safety has always been | | | | around the driver automatically after ignition. |
| one of the main focuses of the industry. | | | | It is all of our responsibilities as motorists and |
| As vehicles improved with technological | | | | passengers to strive for car safety. Not every |
| advancements, faster speeds were attained and | | | | accident can be prevented completely, but we as |
| annoying little bumps as well as more serious | | | | consumers can make good choices by selecting a |
| accidents were a byproduct of our use. | | | | safe vehicle for ourselves and our families, and |
| Automobile manufacturers became more | | | | use the restraint system. An outstanding |
| concerned with improving car safety and | | | | breakthrough of the past decade or two has |
| preventing injuries and deaths. It cannot be | | | | been the invention of driver and passenger |
| overstated how much car safety has improved | | | | airbags, including side airbags that deploy from the |
| over the years. But with that said, accidents can | | | | doors. Child safety seats are another quantum |
| and do continue to occur. | | | | leap in car safety as stronger alloys that the cars |
| The car safety devices were there, such as seat | | | | are constructed with. |
| belts, but were not always utilized by its | | | | |