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Michigan State University conducted a survey late last year which showed that movie characters are too wrapped up in their own drama to remember their seat belts. Sponsored by the American Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS), the film survey found that only 23 per cent of drivers and just 14 per cent of passengers on screen buckled up in 1996.
Hollywood Online, Los Angeles, February 2, 1998
The March, 1998 issue of Pediatrics reported that trampoline injuries to children are increasing dramatically, most of them occurring in the home. More injuries happen on the centre of the trampoline than bouncing off the edge to the ground because when people try to do somersaults they come down on their necks, which can cause permanent spinal cord injury.
The Globe and Mail, March 3, 1998
U.S. statistics show 62 per cent of child motor vehicle deaths in 1996 were passenger vehicle occupants. Of these casualties 41 per cent were in the front seat, 49 per cent in the rear, and the rest in cargo or unknown areas. Pedestrians accounted for 26 per cent of child motor vehicle deaths, and 8 per cent were bicyclists.
FACTS 1996, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
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