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prob.blt ch@ t rcporr ornt very seriN aeidst5 *here be)t d D€.eG
eete rnju.ed He b{liev6 that c&s where lap belts e€re b€n€fu8l
reE inadlenendy $ened out, ed 6 a resulr. lhe Board wG lef!
wilh ihe inprsjon tnat lap b€lrJ *€re oi quebonabl€ b€neril Bu!.
&o.ding t4 Cdpbell, eve! !h@ wemnS lap/shoulder b€lts fa.€d little
b€tt€r thM ch@ wedin8 no belt at all in $€ 26 a.cidents exahin€d by
^1sB For exMplej .bout 16 pere.t of lap/shoulder-belted ftcupats
reivcd idun6 nted ^s 44, phile only I pe.enc ol unetroned
@cupels .@ived such erioE irturi6. simildly, rcu8hly the rme
plolonron of lar/shoulder-b€lt€d lnd un6trained oNpdts Fere
uinju.€d o. .e.ery€d @ly ninor (ars I I ir!uri6. A more .eDrs?ntative
ffipl€, CMpb.ll b€lieva, would have sho*n tha! both lap ed l.p/
shoulder.belled p.snSeB fared b€tt€r, md that alrhough lsp belts
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