Once again Texas Department of Transportation is conducting a seat belt demo project in the five Texas counties with the highest rate of unbuckled teen deaths. Dallas County is one of them!
The campain will be conducted throughout the month of October with extra enforcement October 19-25. The Click It or Ticket Teen campaign last May was extremely successful. The effort increased both driver and passenger safety belt use by 4.5 percentage points.
Teens, go to http://seatbeltsrock.com/. Take the "Are you smarter than your seatbelt?" quiz and win stuff!
Did you know?
- Crashes are the #1 killer of teens.
- A teen dies in a traffic crash an average of once every hour on weekends and nearly once every two hours during the week.
- The majority of teens killed in traffic crashes are not buckled up.
Remember:
- Texas law now requires that everyone in the vehicle -- in front and back seats -- wear a safety belt!
- Wear your seat belt. It can be the most important thing you plan for--your future!
For information about passenger safety programs contact Bev Kellner, Program Manager of Passenger Safety, Texas AgriLife Extension Service at 979-862-1782 (phone) or bkellner@ag.tamu.edu (email).
