"Declan Murphy" wrote ...
>"If one is doing the math, that is more than $138 million spent on seat 
>belt laws. But the kicker is this: It is estimated, by researchers for 
>Congress, that only 6,100 lives are saved per year because of new seat 
>belt wearers."

Here's betting that they don't mention how much money is saved per year
from the reduction in deaths and of course _injuries_.

Randomme Google result has savings of $80million dollars for just 
Massachusetts estimated if Massachusetts  was to pass a primary
enforcement of seatbelt law.