The Mississippi personal injury lawyers at Richard Schwartz and Associates work hard to make the community a better place to live and a safer place to drive. Everyone has heard that seat-belts save lives, and in our state it’s the law to buckle up. The actual statistics from car wrecks with and without seat-belts are shocking. Do you know the facts?

• Someone dies every hour in the United States because they did not buckle up and were involved in a fatal car accident.
• Seat-belts increase your chances of surviving a car wreck by 50%.
• Three out of every four people ejected from a vehicle in a car accident will not survive.
• More than75,000 lives were saved by seat-belts from 2004 to 2008.

The statistics and scientific research behind seat-belts is clear. There is absolutely no reason that you or your passengers should be unbuckled in a moving vehicle. Mississippi law states that police officers can pull a vehicle over if a driver or passenger has no seatbelt on. The fines quickly build up depending on the number of unbuckled passengers in the vehicle. All occupants, even those in the backseat, must be properly restrained by a seatbelt.

Richard Schwartz and Associates of Mississippi are dedicated to making our state a safer place to drive. Help us help the community by educating others on seatbelt safety. Three seconds to click a seatbelt on could make the difference in a serious car wreck