ST. PAUL, Minn. – Over 1,100 motorists were given seat belt citations during the latest one-week “Click it or Ticket” campaign.
Mike Hanson with the Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety said the state’s seat belt compliance rate is over 92 percent and a third of the state’s fatalities occur every year because of unbelted motorists.
“That tells us that 67 percent of the motor vehicle accidents out there are not using (seatbelts),” Hanson said. “But they’re so far overrepresented in our crash data that there really is not any logical explanation for why we continue to see this.
77 percent of unbelted fatalities last year occurred in Greater Minnesota.
Hanson says the fine if you’re caught driving unbelted can range from $120-$140.
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