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€vidqe of pcible h€rn it obssved ir trwy of rhe ecidenLs ir irv6tj.
8$ed and tlE pDbl€rc with the avaiLbl€ rlat3, it rs udble !o ey
wrplher or .ot pai€r8e6 h the F& $at shdld be adv&d to wee lap
b.ltr. The Board lKmehded ttur sll new c6 tE equipp.d with l.p/
lhoulde. belt! ed thlr older cs be Efined with th€m.
The cnd6 of tlE B.sd'e srudy ctaim rha! |]N l6ked only at very
ever aeid€nt3 in shich nrlr inr syst ru @ nuch t6! eff€cttve, srd
did not l(r@ d cas in which lap b€ltr m8ht Drcvide prctArtoh. WIrh
or€ €xepnon, |im qmirEd only frontal dide.rl, but lrcnarr of all
tat l didentl @ notrfrcnt€b A nore Epllgtltive gsDle, lhey
believ€, euld have show tnlt Lhe net eatet of rr s.t l.p bettl is to
sve lir6sd edua tle nmbcrdd *v.ntyoi rr{urie.
R€sults in Brief c^o dc not dtpute llm s audhS thsa lsp belB, in $ne rets€, ce
cdse deuth o. *rjru i4iury io rcir !.ar coral3 wsu8 th€fr. as
tlp Bdrd not€, thb infomlttd hs b.d ldDm ro rhe eciden!
@..ch @mMity fo. I|uy y€a, c^o.8rg wirh llN thar theE
mry b€ i@or.ci6 in rL darr lE&heF have u*d to aaty2 .es
.€.t rsD b€lt €ffective€$, bu! a^o belkve that befoe .qErting all of
Principal Findings
th..e snalysB &d rh€ widaly h€ld b€lief thar laD bel6 p.or€ct rcrr se.t
Dqlsei{4i h'IsB mut do a|ort tn n limply poinr to che exilten t of linitrti@
in the dat b8s.
TIE Boed hs rcr shdn |h.t rh€ vdios dat'be3 e e flawed tley
oMot be uled to .nillu t@ *at l.p b€h efetivhB. ,{ number of
'@nt studie €mploting diff*nt methodologie sd different dar!.
bErs, while fhdina that Fd *at llp belt3 e bss effR'lile in rh€
tlTe. of cidmt3 inv€ngated by \"rsB, @no h fhding that red e.t
lap belts prote.t w@6 more oft h lha they hsft rh€h.
The Board's Report llp 20 cls Nr'8 €ret|.d abmndlate thar a FrfdD&a DroDkrn
aist3 vith reu *.t bD belcs in *vere ftun4l as5he.. r.rs b€lieva
that .he conventiotul $ isdom thaL hol& t!.t rca e.t lap bettr are
eff61rve in .educing deaft ed trUurj *verity is bs!€d on highly D[eb,
rltL &ra. M6l hi8hway sfery re&ch us data ongna[ing in poiice
&cidat eDo.tJ wlrich, .@rding to \NB @ ridd€d *jch ina..ur&ies.
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