(Undated)– Motorists who decide not to wear their seat belts had better beware. The 2012 National Click It Or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization kicks off today (Mon. 5/21) and continues through June 3rd.
Iowa’s city, county and state law enforcement agencies are teaming up with highway safety advocates across the country to help save more lives by enforcing seat belt laws around the clock.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data shows in 2010, 61 percent of the 10,647 passenger vehicle occupants killed during nighttime hours (6 p.m. to 6 a.m.) motor vehicle crashes were not wearing seat belts. The daytime unbelted traffic fatality rate is 42 percent.
In 2011, there were 360 motorists killed in crashes on Iowa roadways…a 66 year low. However, 115 of those killed were not wearing seat belts.
Iowa’s seat belt law has been in effect for nearly 26 years.
