Law enforcement agencies are teaming up with the Office of Highway Safety (OHS) this month to watch for motorists not wearing seat belts.
As part of the national seat belt mobilization, more than 40 agencies statewide will be conducting overtime patrols, educating and ticketing vehicle occupants that are not properly restrained.
Last year, Idaho’s observed seat belt use rate reached an all time high of 86%, yet more than half (56%)of motor vehicle occupants killed in crashes were not wearing seat belts.
Seat belts save thousands of lives each year, and Idaho law requires everyone in a vehicle to wear safety restraints.
And under that law, any adult driver can also be ticketed for passengers younger than 18 who are not properly restrained in the vehicle.
