{"id":2124,"date":"2012-02-08T14:12:38","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T20:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bgs.com\/?p=2124"},"modified":"2012-02-08T14:12:38","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T20:12:38","slug":"buckle-up-it-saves-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/08\/buckle-up-it-saves-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Buckle Up &#8211; It Saves Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I again read an article this past week on motor vehicle accidents (MVA) where seat belts were not worn.  It was entitled \u201cDeaths of  Non-belted Motorists Spike in Minnesota.\u201d   The article leads off by stating that \u201can overwhelming majority of traffic deaths on Minnesota roads in the past six weeks have involved vehicle occupants who were not wearing their seat belts.\u201d<br \/>\nThe information from the State Department of Public Safety\u2019s Office of Traffic Safety reported that in December of 2011, there were 23 vehicle occupants killed in MVA\u2019s and only five were known to be buckled up.  In the first three weeks of 2012 eight of Minnesota\u2019s first 10 traffic fatalities were not buckled up.   These facts are staggering.  It tells me that a significant number of those 33 deaths could have been avoided if the occupants had buckled up!<br \/>\nThese facts again cry out for a more energized public safety campaign to get all motor vehicle occupants to be properly buckled up.  I am committed to spreading the word.  This blog is but a small attempt to do just that.<br \/>\nBUCKLE UP &#8211; IT SAVE LIVES!<br \/>\n~ <a href=\"https:\/\/bgs.com\/professional-staff\/attorneys\/erickson-jon-p\/\">Jon P. Erickson<\/a><br \/>\nAttorney at Law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I again read an article this past week on motor vehicle accidents (MVA) where seat belts were not worn. It was entitled \u201cDeaths of Non-belted Motorists Spike in Minnesota.\u201d The article leads off by stating that \u201can overwhelming majority of traffic deaths on Minnesota roads in the past six weeks have involved vehicle occupants who were not wearing their seat belts.\u201d The information from the State Department of Public Safety\u2019s Office of Traffic Safety reported that in December of 2011, there were 23 vehicle occupants killed in MVA\u2019s and only five were known to be buckled up. In the first three weeks of 2012 eight of Minnesota\u2019s first 10 traffic fatalities were not buckled up. These facts are staggering. It tells me that a significant number of those 33 deaths could have been avoided if the occupants had buckled up! These facts again cry out for a more energized public safety campaign to get all motor vehicle occupants to be properly buckled up. I am committed to spreading the word. This blog is but a small attempt to do just that. BUCKLE UP &#8211; IT SAVE LIVES! ~ Jon P. Erickson Attorney at Law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Buckle Up - It Saves Lives - Barna, Guzy &amp; Steffen, LTD.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/08\/buckle-up-it-saves-lives\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Buckle Up - It Saves Lives - Barna, Guzy &amp; Steffen, LTD.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I again read an article this past week on motor vehicle accidents (MVA) where seat belts were not worn. 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