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יום ראשון, 6 במרץ 2011
US Vehicle Safety Standards Fail To Account For Entire Population
As Americans have grown larger - 25 pounds for the average adult since 1960, according to the National Center for Health Statistics-government seat belt standards have remained the same since they were first implemented over 40 years ago. In California, more than 50 percent of adults are overweight or obese, according to a recent report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Many obese drivers cannot find belts that fit, so they don't wear them, thereby increasing their risk of personal injury during an accident, and leading safety advocates and lawyers to support a revision of the country's seat belt safety standards.
