It is important to wear your seat belt, especially in these foggy conditions that we are experiencing because many times others cars cannot see you on the road. In the fog, you need at least 1,000 feet between the car in front of you, as the visibility can be zero. The California High Way Patrol reported that fog played a factor, in a collision, which exterminated five people, along Highway 4 and Highway 99, East of Stockton, California, on the morning of 13 January 2015, at about 6.50am. The exact location of the fatal crash was on Farmington Road at Van Allen Road.

Adult seat belt use is the most effective way to save lives and reduce injuries in crashes. Yet millions of Americans do not wear their seat belts on every trip; it is estimated that 87 percent of drivers to wear their seat belts. Nonetheless, motor vehicle crashes and collisions are the leading cause of unintentional injury and death across all groups. More than 2.2 million adult drivers and passengers, in America, were treated in emergency rooms, as the result of being injured in a car accident, and 40,000 people are killed in car accidents, each year.

Car accidents are the leading cause of death for people 54 years of age and under. Protecting yourself and your loved ones means not only being a better drive, but setting a good example. One must understand that to stay save on the roads, you need to reduce your speed, drive sober, and wear your safety belts, which are put in your vehicle, by the auto manufacture, to keep you from flying out the window or hitting your head on the windshield, if you are involved in a car accident.
When used properly, seat belts reduce the risk of fatal injuries by 45 percent and reduce moderate to critical injury by 50 percent. It is estimated that seat belts saved 12,359 lives in 2014. And since 1975, seat belts have saved more than 300,000 lives.