Not wearing a seatbelt can result in ejection from the vehicle and a horrendous, pointless death

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Since the beginning of 2020 there have been nine fatal incidents on South Dakota highways. Six of these fatalities resulted specifically from people not wearing their seatbelts, and then being ejected out of their cars onto the road or surrounding terrain, where they died…

Currently in South Dakota, not wearing a seatbelt is not a primary offense.  Nor is it state law for adult passengers riding in the back of a vehicle to wear safety belts…
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Another state increases safety rules for Amish buggies

In a country where the horse has played such an important role, it is surprising to find that most state drivers’ manuals contain little if any information about drivers safely approaching and passing horses or other animals that are under human control or being herded.

Because of the number of collisions and other bad incidents, Ohio is one of several states to increase the safety legislation.

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Increased Speed Limits Mean Increased Deaths (even on autobahns, not just interstates!)

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety [IIHS], lawmakers in Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Massachusetts and New York are considering raising their maximum speed limits.  However, IIHS research shows that in the USA between 1993 and 2017 such increases killed almost 40,000 additional people.

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MEMORIAL PAGE – Lieutenant Shirley Lanning, Canadian Cty Sheriffs, OK

Around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 14, 2020, Lieutenant Shirley Lanning, Canadian County Sheriff’s Office, Oklahoma, was killed in a head-on crash on the Northwest Expressway in northwest Oklahoma City, according to Oklahoma City police.

Lieutenant Shirley Lanning, Canadian County Sheriff’s Office.

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Is driving on the left safer than driving on the right?

In all North American countries the law is literally one-sided:  ‘drive on the right.’  But in our corporate ‘defensive’ and ‘advanced’ driver training courses at Advanced Drivers of North America, we are very frequently asked which is safer — driving on the left or the right.

Drive-on-the-left traffic in Britain.
Far more people drive on the left in the world than many realise, and this is because India is one of the countries concerned. In this photograph from England, traffic is shown on the M6 motorway.  (Copyright image, 2014.)

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