Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Seat-Belts and Safety. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 7 page discussion of the problems revolving around noncompliance with seat belt laws. Although seat belt usage is increasing over time, many are still non-compliant. The author examines the views of those that do not use seat belts, pointing out that education is the key to increasing compliance and saving lives. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Page Count:
7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPseatBl.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
the invention of the device. The statistics clearly demonstrate that seat-belts save lives. The number of people that do use seat belts has slowly increased over time.
In 1983 nationwide seat-belt usage was only forty-three percent and today it is eighty percent (St. Louis Post Dispatch, 2004). With that increase we have seen a corresponding decrease
in the traffic fatality rate (St. Louis Post Dispatch, 2004). Even the last year has shown an increase in seat belt usage. The 2004 statistics for seat belt
use are one percentage point higher than the 2003 statistics (St. Louis Post Dispatch, 2004). Although some eighty percent of Americans now use seat-belts, a record high rate for
the last twenty-nine years that statistics regarding usage have been collected (United Press International, 2004), twenty percent of Americans are still holding out. The reasons for this resistance
are complex and deeply rooted. It can be hypothesized, however, that much of the continued resistance to seat-belt usage can be attributed to resentment that the government is trying
to regulate too much in our lives. Seat-belt laws, in fact, are viewed by many as just one more reflection of a long list of governmental intrusions on their
lives. The problem that presents itself, therefore, is how to convince these last hold outs to employ this time proven safety measure into their everyday driving habits.
Interestingly the rate of seat belt use varies in accordance with the type of vehicle being driven and even geographically. Truck drivers are least
likely to use seat belts (only seventy percent do) while the users of sport utility vehicles and vans are the most likely (eighty percent do) (St. Louis Post Dispatch, 2004).
...