Minnesotans are speaking up about clicking that seat belt in, and it is not just because extra seat belt patrols begin in Minnesota. It can also save your life.
Our View: Too many motorists still not buckling up
Be prepared to be pulled over. The numbers and trend are so troubling, two weeks of extra seat-belt patrols are planned today through June 6 throughout Minnesota.
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News Tribune Editorial Board | 8:00 am, May 24, 2021 ×
With all the well-placed attention in recent years on distracted driving in particular, texting and driving and how it can result in blood, death, and loved ones’ tears, would you believe there are still an alarming number of Minnesotans not using seat belts?
Apparently we’re still not past that yet. Buckling up still isn’t a normalized safety precaution for far too many of us. Really? The results are too often as tragic as they are completely preventable. And it’s in spite of at least five decades of public-service announcements to “buckle up” or “click it or ticket,” as well as those grotesque, body parts-splattered drivers-ed videos of what happens when
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The Minnesota Department of Public Safety and Minnesotans know that it is important to buckle up. That is why many Minnesotans do it automatically every time they get into a vehicle.
The lives that are saved by seat belts nationwide would give a professional sports stadium - more than 69,000 people from 2015-2019 according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Many Minnesotans spoke up on why they wear their seat belt. Watch the video below from the Minnesota DPS.
Extra Seat Belt Patrols Strive to Save Lives as Unbelted Traffic Deaths Increase
Other Views: Too many Minnesota motorists still not buckling up
Be prepared to be pulled over. The numbers and trend are so troubling, two weeks of extra seat-belt patrols are planned today through June 6 throughout Minnesota.
Written By:
Duluth News Tribune Editorial Board | 8:30 am, May 24, 2021 ×
With all the well-placed attention in recent years on distracted driving in particular, texting and driving and how it can result in blood, death, and loved ones’ tears, would you believe there are still an alarming number of Minnesotans not using seat belts?
Apparently we’re still not past that yet. Buckling up still isn’t a normalized safety precaution for far too many of us. Really? The results are too often as tragic as they are completely preventable. And it’s in spite of at least five decades of public-service announcements to “buckle up” or “click it or ticket,” as well as those grotesque, body parts-splattered drivers-ed videos o
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