Research Paper

I think that I am going to do my research paper on "Why we should wear seatbelts in cars" just because I think it is a extremely important matter that younger kids need to grasp. As soon as teenagers start driving they need to know what "could" happen had they not worn their seatbelt. I have many personal experiences with car accidents. One of my friends that many people know if you ever read the Flint Journal, Kayla Mary O'mara, she died in a car accident with two of her best friends one of them being her twin sister. She was riding in the back seat and wasn't wearing her seatbelt and it took her life. Another one of my very best friends was coming home from school (Grand Valley in Grand Rapids) and she ended up rolling her car (not her fault) but because she was wearing her seatbelt her injuries weren't all too serious. She broke her back and it took several months of recovery to get back on her feet, but she is still alive today. I think that kids don't understand just how important seatbelts are. You could be going a few miles down the road and it is STILL important because ANYTHING could happen. Many young teenagers believe that it just isn't a cool thing to wear seatbelts and a seatbelt shouldn't be looked as a fashion trend. It is a life saver! I myself was in a car accident over thanksgiving break. I was with a girlfriend and we were getting on the express way and a huge truck rammed into the back end of my friends hummer that we were in and we were on the express way and the force of him hitting us made our car flip a few times off the expressway. Had I not been wearing my seatbelt I wouldn't be he typing this today. Seatbelts are extremely important and it is something that we need to address to all people, especially new drivers.