WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "At the Alliance, safety is our top priority and we join others in the safety community in supporting NHTSA's 'Click It or Ticket' campaign. This campaign is an invaluable tool in national efforts to increase safety belt usage. Working together, government and industry have helped increase the daytime safety belt usage rate to an all-time high of 82 percent nationally. Today, safety belts save an estimated 15,000 lives annually, however, NHTSA estimates that an additional 5,500 more lives could be saved if everyone buckled up.
"Automakers are proud of the many innovations we've brought to consumers. The newest enhancements not only protect lives, they work to prevent accidents from occurring in the first place. However, the safety belt remains the most fundamental safety feature in any auto."
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