Mandating Seat Belt Usage vs. Freedom of Choice SOC120: Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibilities 1 How do you feel when you are told what you will or will not do? You may be told that it is for your own good, but who has the right to decide what is or is not good for you? After all who knows you better than you do? This brings me to the topic of my discussion. Even though there are some statistics that may show a lower rate of injury or death if you wear a seat belt
A Minute Saved Today’s society appears to be constantly on the go. People seem to be pulled in multiple directions at once. Individuals never appear to have enough time to complete tasks that continually accumulate. It can be difficult to criticize someone that tries to make the most out every minute. Unfortunately, some of today’s drivers show a lack of judgment and trying to perform other tasks, while behind the wheel. People may feel this is best use time while getting to a destination. Occasionally
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is even trying to ban fireplaces and certain wood stoves because of the smoke created by it. Dictating our lives started with the busing of children in the name of racial equality. Then came mandatory seat belt usage followed by the prohibition of Trans fats. Now we are dictated to purchase health insurance with features we may not need or want. Slowly but surely the Government is taking away our personal liberties. It is sad to say that the biggest threat
Speech Outline Speech Title: “Click It or Ticket” General Purpose: To persuade my audience on why wearing a seat belt remains important. Specific Purpose: After listening to my speech, my audience will be persuaded to always wear a seat belt in order to enhance their safety in the car. Central Idea: When you are driving or even riding in a vehicle, buckling your seat belt will decrease your chance of death or serious injury, if you get in a serious accident. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter:
The use of seat belts on buses is greatly being discussed throughout the states after multiple bus crashes over the years have left several children and adults dead or severely injured. A few states like New York have already taken the first step and “require the use of lap seat belts” on school buses (Johnston). School buses are not the only type of buses that need belts. One March in New York “15 passengers were killed and 18 injured on a trip home from a casino” (“Buckle Up on Buses”). Those passengers
People should not have to wear helmets because non-helmet usage dose not cost the government more money then helmet usage in a crash there is no difference between injuries with a helmet and without a helmet, and a helmet limits personal freedom. Living in Wisconsin we see see many motorcyclist ride without helmets many non motorcyclist think that that rider is irresponsible or he has a death wish and that they are costing them more money in there taxes thats just not true many motorcyclist have
Why are seat belts important not only in cars but in all vehicles? It has been argued that there should or should not be seat belts on buses. The pro side is you should have to wear seat belts on buses and the con side is you shouldn’t have to wear seat belts on buses. I am arguing that people should have to wear seat belts on buses, because it saves lives and protects people on the roads. It has been maintained that, you shouldn’t have to wear a seatbelt on the bus. Bus drivers say that seat belts
When you first get into your car, what is the first thing you do? Turn the car on? Put the music on? Adjust your mirrors? What about wearing your seatbelt? Your seat belt is the one component that will keep you safe while you are driving or if you are in an accident. Many people today seem to take seatbelts for granted. Most people believe it is the only the driver and passenger`s obligation to wear a seatbelt and no one else has to wear them, but is that really true? Why do so many people take granted
States across the nation have seat belt laws in place that make it a requirement for drivers and passengers in vehicles that are being operated on public streets to wear some sort of safety belt. In 1998, 41,471 people were killed in 6,334,000 reported motor vehicle accidents in the United States. Seat belts are estimated to save 9,500 lives each year, and statistics show a higher degree of seat-belt use in states that aggressively enforce seat belt laws. The laws, as well as the punishments available
wore their safety belts. Safety belts when used properly reduce the number of serious traffic injuries by 50 percent and fatalities by 60-70 percent. “Motorists are 25 times are more likely to be killed or seriously injured when they are "thrown clear" than when remain inside their vehicle.” States that have seat belts laws have a larger percentage of people that wear seatbelts. Primary seat belt laws allow law enforcement officers to ticket a driver for not wearing a seat belt, without any other
were not involved. Seatbelts are designed to keep you safe. If you look up what a seatbelt is it states this “A seat belt, also known as a safety belt, is a vehicle safety device designed to secure the occupant of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop.” Now notice look back at the first sentence, “A seat belt, also known as a safety belt” It says right there that all it a seatbelt does is keep you safe. Some people might make the point that when they
their seat belts on? This is a question that children hear repeated each time their parents start the vehicle. Seat belt laws are enforced in in forty-nine of the fifty states even so; parents reiterate it time after time to keep us safe rather than just following the law. Beginning in the 1930’s, physicians determined that a lap belt should be used in automobiles to avoid serious injury or a fatality. Over the years, the simple two-point lap belt has evolved into a multiple point seat belt
million more than 70% of these were in passenger vehicles (Teen Driver source). Seat belts reduce the deaths from automobile collisions. Seat belts keep other passengers safe. Wearing a seat belt is the driver or passenger's choice.Not wearing a seat belt should be illegal, because it reduces deaths, they keep other passengers safe, but it is also the driver or passenger's choice. The first and greatest reason seat belt laws should be enforced is that it reduces deaths. A seatbelt can stop a person
ride in a booster seat till they are at least 80 pounds or age 8. With theses booster seats we can save many lives of children. I think that kids should ride in a booster until they are age 8 or 80 pounds. Throughout this essay, you will see why riding in a booster seat is important for children safety. When children are not in their booster seats they more likely to get hurt in an accident. For example, more than a third of children were killed because they were not in a booster seat. “ Fatalities
and I where sitting in the cafeteria eating lunch. A friend told me that Manuel Carrillo had been killed in a car crash. At first I didn't believe him because he was always playing bad jokes but then he grabbed my arm and yanked me right out of my seat. He said to me something I would never forget “this time I’m not joking” he said that a bunch of other peopl...
make the choice of safety on their own. Editorials, political assemblies, debates, and conversations have arrived on the concept of click it or ticket. This idea refers to ticketing any motor vehicle driver and passenger that is not fastened by a seat belt. Arguments have been made for both sides, and have been reviewed in multiple states. One particular article has been written, by Dr. Walter E. Williams, that discussed the negatives of click it or ticket, and has actually demoralized this idea
Seat belts. They're pretty simple, just a strap (likely made of something simple like polyester) that covers your torso and lap in a car/truck. Their purpose is to keep you safe, but how safe can they really keep you? From a young age we're buckled into place with these, and when we can do it ourselves, constantly reminded to put them on. Some kids even go through phases of not wearing seat belts, be it to be defiant, or simply because clipping them into place is an 'inconvenience' for them. Even
their vehicles.” Most people wear seat belts to prevent being thrown from their vehicles in a crash, and for the people, who do not wear seatbelts, they either fear being hurt by the seat belt or they simply do not want to wear one. There are other possible reasons why to not wear a seatbelt or to make the choice to wear a seat belt. Despite regular citizens wearing their seatbelt, even police officers do not wear their seat belts. According to “Enforce Seat Belt Violations for Police Officers,” Johnson
seatbelt, find that song on the radio and begin their voyage to wherever they are going. But, on this same morning there are people who don’t put that seatbelt on and are risking their lives with every mile that they travel. The statistic show that seat belts reduce the risk of serious injury or even death by 50 percent. This statistic alone should be enough to convince anyone to click that seatbelt in. Therefore, not wearing a seatbelt should be illegal because of the lives it can save, it’s quick and
When someone thinks about the idea of seatbelts on school buses, their reaction would be something similar to, “It works well in cars, so it would make school buses safer to ride, correct?” This assumption, while still logical, can be shot down in the blink of an eye. There is, first of all, the cost of putting seatbelts on every single school bus, and, even if one did have enough money to do this, there would be the problem of not having enough room. Not only that, but there is not the guarantee