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ITASCA, Ill., March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study reported in the National Safety Council's Journal of Safety Research finds extensive citizen support for a primary seat belt law in a rural state. The study, led by Bobbi Jo Perkins, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, surveyed Montana residents and found that 61 percent of respondents would be in favor of a primary seat belt law. Those more likely to support a law include women, older persons, Native...
A person driving in Mississippi has four times the risk of having a motor vehicle fatality than a person driving in Massachusetts, U.S. health officials say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report says there are vast differences among regions of the United States when it comes to motor vehicle fatalities. From 1999 to 2005, the United States had a national average of 15.4 deaths per 100,000 population due to motor vehicle fatalities, the...
Highway safety advocates to launch congressional campaign to prod all states to enact low-dollar, high-results solutions to reduce annual 40,000 deaths and $230 billion in economic losses. ***Free Webcast of '2009 Roadmap to State Highway Safety Laws' News Conference*** WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was issued by the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety: WHAT: As state legislatures across the nation gear up for their 2009 sessions, Advocates for Highway and...
