Accident Safety & Reconstruction: June 2010 Archives

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) designated May 24-June 6, 2010, Click it or Ticket (CIOT) Mobilization Week.  According to a James Madison University study, one out of every five drivers will be involved in a traffic crash this year. Safety belts, when used properly, reduce the number of serious traffic injuries by 50 percent and fatalities by 60-70 percent. CURE Auto Insurance reminds drivers to drive safe, always wear a seat belt, and provides the following statistics to consider before getting behind the wheel.

• If 90 percent of Americans buckle up, more than 5,500 deaths and 132,000 injuries annually can be prevented (source: car-accidents.com).

• For maximum protection, safety belts should be fastened before traveling any distance or speed. Seventy-five percent of crash deaths and injuries occur within 25 miles of home. More than half of all injury-producing motor vehicle crashes involve low speeds under 40 m.p.h. (source: James Madison University).

Citizens United Reciprocal Exchange, (CURE) is a not-for-profit reciprocal exchange headquartered in Princeton, N.J. Founded in 1990 by New Jersey Insurance Commissioner James J. Sheeran and award-winning insurance expert, Dr. Lena Chang.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) designated May 24-June 6, 2010, Click it or Ticket (CIOT) Mobilization Week.  According to a James Madison University study, one out of every five drivers will be involved in a traffic crash this year. Safety belts, when used properly, reduce the number of serious traffic injuries by 50 percent and fatalities by 60-70 percent. CURE Auto Insurance reminds drivers to drive safe, always wear a seatbelt, and provides the following statistics to consider before getting behind the wheel.

• Adults who don't buckle up are sending children a deadly message that it is alright not to wear a seat belt. Children model adult behavior. Research shows that if a driver is unbuckled, 70 percent of the time children riding in that vehicle won't be buckled either (source: NHTSA).

• Despite terrible traffic problems such as aggressive driving, increasing seat belt use is still the single most effective thing we can do to save lives and reduce injuries on Americas roadways (source: NHTSA). Sixty-three percent of people killed in car accidents were not wearing seatbelts (car-accidents.com).

Citizens United Reciprocal Exchange, (CURE) is a not-for-profit reciprocal exchange headquartered in Princeton, N.J. Founded in 1990 by New Jersey Insurance Commissioner James J. Sheeran and award-winning insurance expert, Dr. Lena Chang.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) designated May 24-June 6, 2010, Click it or Ticket (CIOT) Mobilization Week.  According to a James Madison University study, one out of every five drivers will be involved in a traffic crash this year. Safety belts, when used properly, reduce the number of serious traffic injuries by 50 percent and fatalities by 60-70 percent. CURE Auto Insurance reminds drivers to drive safe, always wear a seatbelt, and provides the following statistics to consider before getting behind the wheel.

• Failure to buckle up contributes to more fatalities than any other single traffic safety-related behavior. Every hour someone dies in America simply because they didn't buckle up (source: NHTSA).

• Safety belt use is one of the best defenses against the unpredictable actions of drunk drivers (source: James Madison University).

Citizens United Reciprocal Exchange, (CURE) is a not-for-profit reciprocal exchange headquartered in Princeton, N.J. Founded in 1990 by New Jersey Insurance Commissioner James J. Sheeran and award-winning insurance expert, Dr. Lena Chang.