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Read the paragraph.(1) Each state should enact a law that makes wearing seat belts mandatory for all front- and back-seat passengers and drivers in cars and trucks. (2) Statistics show that seat belts reduce serious crash-related injuries and deaths by fifty percent. (3) As a result of front-seat laws like this in various states, seat belt usage in the United States has dramatically increased in the past thirty years, reducing traffic fatalities. (4) Some people believe that the government does not have the right to force people to be safe, and that these laws are unfair. (5) The bottom line is that seat belts are proven to save lives; therefore, everyone should be forced to wear one if they want to travel by car or truck.Which sentence is evidence of the author’s claim?