Showing posts with label WA seat belt law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WA seat belt law. Show all posts

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Educate children and Adults

Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for children in Washington. In spite of child passenger restraint laws, more than half of the children killed in crashes were completely unrestrained.

Wearing a seat belt decreases the chance of dying or being seriously injured in a collision by about 70 percent.

Click It or Ticket campaign helped raise Washington’s daytime seat belt use to 96 percent — well above the national average. Now we’re focusing on increasing seat belt use at night and among high-risk drivers.

Monday, March 18, 2013

WA Seatbelt FACTS

More than 97.5% of people in Washington are buckling up. In the past 10 years 1,010 lives have been saved due to the increase in seat belt use and with the "Click it or Ticket" campaign.

 Washington has one of the highest seat belt rates in the nation. Studies have showed that seat belts decrease the chance of dying in a crash by 60% and reduce the risk of head injury by 80%.

Between May 21st and June 3rd motorist can expect to see law enforcement on patrol in search of people not wearing their seat belts. Just remember when in Washington "Click it or Ticket".



Seat Belt TV Ad Showing a Real-life Crash Scene from trafficsafety on Vimeo.