You metaphorically strap yourself in with a seat-belt and say we're on air now.

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The new laws cover a variety of areas, from texting and tanning beds to human trafficking and seat-belt safety.

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But America is, by definition, an alliance of ecosystems, and some regulations of road travel (like seat-belt rules) are administered state by state.

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True, years of safety engineering and seat-belt-law enforcement have reduced road fatalities from 1.73 deaths per 100 million miles traveled in 1994 to 1.47 in 2005, but automakers think they can do better.

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Mr. Antolino said that after he and the others tied the captain's legs together with seat-belt extenders and sat on him, the captain became quiet for the rest of the flight, which was about 20 minutes.

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But if we are to succeed, we should understand: The campaign against obesity will have to look a lot less like the campaign against smoking (which involves just one decision, to smoke or not to smoke) and much more like the generation-long campaign against highway fatalities, which required the redesign of cars, the redesign of highways, and changes in personal behavior like seat-belt use and drunk driving.

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We have hands-free telephones, voice-activated controls, xenon headlights and four-wheel steering to make towing easier, and I've just heard of rear-seat air bags built into the seat belt.

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None of the teens in the five-seat 1998 Honda Passport was wearing a seat belt, state police said.

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Outside of wearing your seat belt, electronic stability control, or ESC, is now widely viewed as the biggest potential life-saver in an automobile.

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