89% always put their seatbelts on while in the front seat - good!
60% always did so in the rear seat(18% most of the time, 8% 1/2 of the time, 10% sometimes, 6% never) - This is not so good.
In the survey we also asked about the origin of birth for parents (parents born in the USA or outside) to see if attitudes about seatbelt use were at all related to the amount of time a family has lived within the U.S. Front seatbelt use had no different, but rear seatbelt use did with:
78% of students with parents born in the U.S. always buckling up
58% of students with parents born outside the U.S. always buckling up
In class we looked at these survey results and discussed situations where a student would or would not buckle up- front or rear of a car. Afterwards, students read several articles on seatbelt safety and then viewed some of the following videos and more. They were then asked to reevaluate their past seatbelt use and what decisions they would make in the future.
The final conclussions of the day are simple - seatbelts save lives! The laws of physics work equally for front seat passengers and those in the rear. Unbuckled rear seat passengers are more than twice as likely to die in fatal accidents than those buckled and also are a threat to the safety of those sitting in the front seat - some most of us, including myself, never really think about.
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