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Source: Standard-Examiner, Ogden, UtahJan.迷你倉 22--FARMINGTON -- Davis County Sheriff Todd Richardson is not surprised in this hurry-to-get-somewhere society that nearly half of Utah's road traffic fatalities in 2013 involved people not wearing their seat belt.Richardson shared as an example the little girl who was killed in a Clinton vehicle accident in December as a result of the child seat not being properly connected.Utah transportation officials say they counted 219 traffic deaths in Utah in 2013, and almost half of the car crash victims who died hadn't been wearing seat belts.The Utah Department of Transportation statistics released Tuesday show two more deaths last year than in 2012. That year brought the lowest number of fatalities since 1959.Officials say that when motorcyclist, bicyclist and pedestrian deaths are taken out, nearly 47 percent of the people who died on Utah roads last year weren't buckled up.Richardson, a longtime paramedic with the Davis County Sheriff's Office prior to becoming sheriff, is not surprised by the increase, or the number of victims found not wearing seat belts."There is a certain amount of safety factors that you have to take into consideration when operating a vehicle," Richardson said.And although law enforcement agencies across the state do all they can in enforcing seat belt laws, Richardson said, what it comes down to based on his experience is educating the motorist in taking the extra 20 seconds needed in making certain everyone in the vehicle is buckled up."It shouldn't come from the law. It should come from the mind," Richardson said.But in 迷你倉將軍澳 matter-of-fact tone, Richardson said, "Some motorists get educated the hard way."Being a paramedic, Richardson said, every accident is different. But the way vehicles are now engineered, motorists and their passengers have the greatest amount of probability of surviving a crash if they are able to remain in the vehicle -- and the way to do that is by wearing the seat belt.Medical professionals agree."If you can keep people in the vehicle it reduces the chance of blunt force trauma and head injuries," said Dr. Heather Heileson, emergency room physician at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden."It should be a simple step to click you seat belt," Heileson said. "It should simply be a reflex. Make sure other people (in the vehicle) are wearing their seat belt too."One thing motorist and passengers may not realize, Richardson said, that if not properly restraint, injuries can occur as a result of their bodies striking one another from the impact of the crash."It is just that rush we are in as a society," Richardson said.In the meantime, law enforcement agencies will continue to educate motorists on seat belt safety through its community outreach programs.State officials are working toward a goal of zero fatalities, and remind people to buckle up, put down cellphones and other distractions, and never drive drowsy or impaired.Contact reporter Bryon Saxton at 801-625-4244 or bsaxton@standard.net, or follow him on Twitter at @BryonSaxton.Copyright: ___ (c)2014 the Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah) Visit the Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah) at .standard.net Distributed by MCT Information Services倉