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Article: Washington's Seat Belt Use Rate - Highest on the Planet Earth.
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- PR Newswire
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- October 7, 2003
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SEATTLE, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Washington State's seat belt use rate, which was the highest ever reported in the United States, is now among the highest in the world, according to a study just released from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.
"The primary seat belt law and the Click it or Ticket Project will have saved over 120 lives by the end of this year which is really quite remarkable," said John Moffat, Washington Traffic Safety Commission director.
The number of lives saved by the seat belt enforcement efforts comes from a comparison of the vehicle occupant deaths to a number which represents the average death count for the previous six ...