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(Above) From left,
Webelos Scouts Troy
Reaves, David Waldron,
and A dam Heat on cheer
on their Humpty Dumpy
racers. (Right) In this
stop-action photo the
modified pinewood derby
racer has just struck a
wall placed across the
track. Unrestrained by a
safety belt, the egg driver
is catapulted from the car
just as a real-life driver
might be in the event of
an accident. (Bottom)
The fractured egg driver
comes to rest on
the track surface.
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Scouting September 1983
MYTH: "If I wear a
safety belt I might be
trapped inside a burning
or submerged car."
FACT: Less than one-
half of one percent of all
injury-producing ac-
cidents involve fire or
submersion. With a safe-
ty belt a person is far
more likely to remain
conscious, to be able to
free himself, and to help
others.
MYTH: "I don't need a
safety belt when I'm
traveling at low speeds
or driving short dis-
tances."
FACT: Most traffic fa-
talities occur in dry,
sunny weather, at speeds
under 40 miles per hour,
within 25 miles of home.
MYTH: "Shoulder
straps have so much
play that I'd crash into
the windshield anyway."
FACT: A latching
device locks the belt in
place if there's a sudden
stop, preventing the oc-
cupant from being
thrown forward.
Traffic accidents are
the leading cause of
premature death for
Americans under the
age of 44. Scouts are no
exception to this statis-
tic. "The two top cat-
egories of accidents in-
volving Scouts," says
Jim Langridge, national
director of health and
safety for the Boy Scouts
of America, "are motor
vehicle accidents and
drownings."
But the compiling of
statistics and misconcep-
tions is meaningless
without a vigorous pro-
gram to deal effectively
with the causes. In the
spring of 1982, the Boy
Scouts of America
decided to act. Its repre-
sentatives met with of-
ficials from the National
Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
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