THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY JOURNALISM AWARD
THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY JOURNALISM AWARD FOR AUGUST 1990 IS PRESENTED TO Neal Templin The Wall Street Journal What happened when the Miller family’s Ford Es‘ort was hit head-on by another...
...The adults were wearing he lap-and-shoulder harness belts installed by law in he front seat...
...Each year here are 25 fatalities and 500 injuries-many of which disable children pennanently-that would not Bccur if all cars had rear-seat shoulder harnesses...
...Templin eports that the phenomenon is not unique...
...Nominations for stories published or aired in October vi11 close November 15...
...rlominations for any newspaper, magazine, or radio or elevision station in the country are welcome...
...As a result, 120 million :ars on America’s roads are unnecessarily danger)us...
...And 2ongress and federal regulators have let them get tway with it for more than 20 years-back-seat ,boulder harnesses didn’t become mandatory on new :ars until December 1989...
...The winner will be announced in he JanuaryPebmary issue...
...Khy the awful difference...
...How much would it have cost to have added the iafer belts in 1968 at the time of the original seat belt egislation...
...0009...
...Please send nominations to Monthly Journalism iward, 1611 Connecticut Ave...
...The subject ran be government in its federal, state, or municipal maniestation...
...The Monthly Journalism Award is presented each nonth to the best newspaper, magazine, television, or ralio story (or series of stories) on our political system...
...NW, Washington, D.C...
...THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY JOURNALISM AWARD FOR AUGUST 1990 IS PRESENTED TO Neal Templin The Wall Street Journal What happened when the Miller family’s Ford Es‘ort was hit head-on by another car near Carlsbad, Xifomia might seem curious: The father and moth:r, who were riding in the front seat, survived without ,ermanent injury, while one of their 11-year-old wins in the back seat was killed, the other paralyzed...
...About $20 apiece...
...Templin tells us hat American auto manufacturers have known about ap-belt-only hazards since the early sixties but for :ost reasons have resisted three-point rear belts...
...The reason for these tragedies...
...the children were wearing only the lap ielts required at the time for the back seat...
...Two copies of the article or broadcast text should iccompany the nomination...
Vol. 22 • November 1990 • No. 10
