Attention Traffic Safety Friends!
5/16/2008
Please help us educate North Dakotans on the importance of seat belt usage. This month, the North Dakota Department of Transportation, Office of Traffic Safety, Safe Communities Programs, law enforcement and other traffic safety advocates statewide are teaming up to get the word out! Seat belts save lives!
In 2007, 65 of the 97 individuals killed in traffic crashes were not wearing their seat belts. That’s nearly 70 percent! The theme for this year’s public information and education campaign is focused on staying inside the vehicle for protection. Everything about vehicle design is done with safety in mind. Why would someone want to leave the ‘engineered life space' for an environment of concrete, rocks, posts and a vehicle that could roll over you?