Monday, May 16, 2016

NHTSA KICKS OFF 2016 CLICK IT OR TICKET CAMPAIGN

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced the kickoff of the 2016 national Click It or Ticket safety mobilization. The annual safety campaign is designed to urge all occupants to always buckle their safety belts while riding in vehicles.
The campaign will include a paid advertising campaign, which runs from May 16-June 5, and an enforcement period, which takes place from May 23-June 5.

NHTSA says law enforcement agencies will be out in full force encouraging drivers and all passengers to wear their seat belts.
The national seat belt use rate has steadily increased to 88.5 percent in 2014, but data from NHTSA show that almost half of passenger vehicle occupants (49 percent) who were killed in 2014 were unrestrained.
In addition, 57 percent of passenger vehicle occupants killed at night were not wearing their seat belts, compared to 41 percent killed during daytime. In 2014, men wore their seat belts at a lower rate than women did — 53 percent of men in fatal crashes were unbelted, compared to 40 percent of women.

According to NHTSA, thousands of Americans are alive today because a seat belt saved them during a crash. In 2014, the use of seat belts in passenger vehicles saved an estimated 12,802 lives. From 2010 to 2014, seat belts saved an estimated 63,000 lives.
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