If all these vehicle occupants stay buckled for a year, experts say, the annual death toll of 41,000 or so will fall by about 700.
They then attempt to extort money from the vehicle occupants.
It should be a fundamental right of all vehicle occupants to have the same levels of safety built in.
The use of seat belts and airbags reduces the risk to vehicle occupants.
Ontario was the first province to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts in 1976.
The vehicle body itself was rigid, and impact forces were transmitted directly to the vehicle occupants.
Of the automobile trips, 73 percent involve a single vehicle occupant, according to the survey.
We need a federal standard that protects all vehicle occupants, not just those who can pay for safety "extras."
This is in contrast to seat belts, which are considered active devices because the vehicle occupant must act to enable them.
In 2008, for the first time, more pedestrians than vehicle occupants were killed in Japan by cars.