Automobile Safety Belts During Pregnancy

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The amount of automobile traveling done by pregnant women is substantial. In addition to visiting physicians' offices and hospitals, they travel routinely to churches and shopping centers, and in chauffeuring children. The risk of collision and injury is for these women at least as great as that for others. In 1967, the AMA Committee on Medical Aspects of Automotive Safety concluded that seat belts should be worn byallautomobile occupants, including pregnant women. The Committee believed that both the woman and her fetus were safer, provided the belt was worn low on the pelvis, and urged that a shoulder belt be used for additional protection. Since then, there have been a number of reports of belt-caused injuries.1Because of these reports, and because the federal Vehicle Safety Standard2calling for a passive restraint system in automobiles after 1975 might lead people to a mistaken conclusion that safety

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