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Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 6 and 33. In 1999 alone, 41,611 Americans died in traffic accidents. That's an average of 114 deaths a day or one death every 13 minutes. In addition to these fatalities, 3. 2 million people were injured in traffic crashes. Many of these deaths and injuries could have been prevented by the use of a safety belt. In 1999, safety belts saved an estimated 11,197 lives. If all the passenger vehicle occupants over the age of 4 wore their safety belts, an additional 9,553 lives could have been saved. If you know all of this information and are still not wearing your seat belt, you may need to ask yourself, why not? Or better yet, try this scenario on for size…. Imagine running as fast as you can into a wall. You'd expect to get pretty banged up, right? Do you think you could stop yourself if the wall suddenly loomed up when you were two feet away from it? This is exactly the situatio