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Showing Original Post only (View all)A program Jimmy Carter ordered that has saved tens of thousands of lives. [View all]
... Brock Adams (with Carter's approval and support) ordered by 1984 all cars will be equiped with seatbelts. ( I think Carter had checked with the auto manufacturers to see what the earliest this could be done...but I do not know for sure) Also other safety devices on cars were mandated. Crumple zones, back lite in the rear window, (it was proven that that light in the rear window is seen more quickly ) safer roads, etc. (Eventually, side impact air bags were installed, as well as seat belts for all passengers in the back seats.)
... Furtheremore, there is proof positive that these safety belts (and harnesses eventually) saved thousands of lives. Google the link below. When you get to the site, look at the decrease of deaths on the highways due to safty devices added to cars from 1980 on. You will see an incredible 40 percent drop in deaths on the highways, and at the same time, 100,000,000 million more people in the United States....55,000 deaths down to 37,133 in 2017. Hit the link below.. Please note: A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT ordered this, NOT a republican.
...It is Carter's safety devices on cars that have done this. Carter ordered them. Oh, two more ideas: A). Carter does not brag about this, ever. He is not that kind of person. B.) Do you know anyone who had their lives saved by the seat belts and air bags and other safety devices that were ordered..Carter started this, and he is the one to thank....Hit this link below, and check it out. numbers. Please look for the incredible decline after 1984, and thank you for reading this.:
.....................Motor vehicle fatality rate in U.S. by year - Wikipedia..... link is below:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year