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Growing up in a close, loving family has been very rewarding. I can say that I am very lucky. Ever since I was just a young child, approximately around the age of eight when I was allowed to sit in a car without a car seat, I can recall always wearing a seatbelt ....

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.... all the time. It became habit to jump in the car and buckle up. Without a seatbelt, I feel as though I am missing something and I feel completely naked without it. In the past fifteen years, I have, unfortunately, been a passenger in approximately ten car accidents. A few of these were significant enough to cause minor injuries. But in two specific cases, the police officer reminded the driver and myself of the luck we encountered by wearing seatbelts. I have been very lucky. On the other hand, I have had a few not so lucky friends. Just recently, a drug-free acquaintance of mine, and three of his friends, were driving down the road at a fai ....