A recent medical study examined motor vehicle fatality exposure rates and found that, per mile traveled, African American and Hispanic male teenagers (13-19 years old) are nearly twice as likely to die in a motor vehicle crash as male teenagers who are white.
Before MAKUS, we were never 'seatbelt conscious.' We thought of seatbelts as cumbersome. Now, we never start the car unless all passengers are buckled up. Because of MAKUS, we have become 'safety conscious.' Tess M. Deocampo