Personal Injury Law

Seat Belt Use Can Prevent Serious Injury and Death In Truck Accidents

The Georgia Injury lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP have represented thousands of victims involved in automobile accidents and trucking/tractor trailer accidents. Regretfully many have resulted in serious, life changing injuries and some have resulted in death. In some of these cases, the injuries could have been lessened had the victim been wearing a seatbelt.

For years, Georgia law has required occupants of passenger cars to wear seatbelts; however, pickup trucks have been exempt. Recently, a bid to require adults in pickup trucks to buckle their seat belts was narrowly defeated by a Georgia House panel, defying supporters of stronger safety standards that are in effect in most of the nation.

Georgia already requires minors to wear seat belts and adults to wear them except in pickup trucks. Indiana law was similar to Georgia law on this subject; however, in 2007 the legislature passed a law which now requires adults to buckle up in pickup trucks. New Hampshire has no seat belt requirements whatsoever for adults.

Full post as published by Georgia Injury Lawyer Blog on April 14, 2009 (boomark / email).