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...Seat belts unequivocally save lives and unequivocally save money," says Jennifer Peck, campaign director of the Vote Yes on Question 2 Committee. "And seat belt laws make more people wear seat belts...
Peck also points to a 1991 federal law which reduces federal highway construction funds for states without seat belt provisions. Under the law, Massachusetts would lose some $9 million in construction subsidies, Peck says...
Peck says that the high cost of treating an unbuckled person injured in a car crash and the grim statistics of unbuckled fatalities make adopting the seat belt law "common sense...
...every serious injury prevented by wearing a seat belt, it saves people $35,000 in health care costs," Peck says. "Also, last year in Massachusetts, nine out of every 10 people killed in car crashes were unbuckled...
Robson says Roosevelt is in favor of the seat belt law, because of the "enormous costs to taxpayers each year in increased health care, workers' compensation and health insurance...