By Paul Honke

Winter is here, snow has covered the roads, and a sheet of ice is hidden below the blanket. With a car crash occurring every 30 seconds in America, car safety is a must. With every crash, the chance of receiving a car injury is extremely high. However, there is a way to drastically improve your rate of survival in a crash, and that is the simple step of wearing a seat belt.

Wearing a seat belt will improve your chances of surviving by 42 percent in a car crash.  Just like a helmet on a bike, seatbelts help prevent head damage. Students such as sophomore Jordan Mauk, junior Taylor Berry, and junior Cole Lowary all said the same thing when asked if they wear their seat belt.

“Yes, I wear my seat belt.”

In a big surprise, 42 percent of police car crashes that occur, the policemen doesn’t have their own seat belt on.

“I think the should wear theirs more, they expect us to wear ours so they have to wear theirs,” said junior Anne Chess.