Including statistics, facts/law, fines and consequences, pictures, and a slogan

Statistics:

Seat belt use in 2016 reached 90.1 percent, up from 88.6 percent in 2015: this was a
statistically significant increase at the 0.05

Seat belt use has shown an increasing trend since 2000, accompanied by a steady decline
in the percentage of unrestrained

Laws:
Seat belt laws are divided into two categories: primary and secondary. Primary seat belt
laws allow law enforcement officers to ticket a driver or passenger for not wearing a seat
belt, without any other traffic offense taking place. Secondary seat belt laws state that law
enforcement officers may issue a ticket for not wearing a seat belt only when there is
another citable traffic infraction.
Facts:
● Seat belts are designed to retain people in their seats during a crash, and so prevent
or reduce injuries.
● Seat belts are designed to retain people in their seats during a crash, the belt is
designed to limit the movement of the occupant whilst managing the likelihood of
serious or fatal injury.
● Early research found that seat belts alone could reduce the risk of injury for drivers by
57% at lower speeds and 48% at higher speeds, and reduced the risk of injury for all
occupants by 63% at lower speeds 55% at higher speeds.

Slogan:​ ​ ​No Belt. No Brains

Deaths

● A total of 21,022 passenger vehicle occupants died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in
2014
● More than half (range: 53%-59%) of teens (13-19 years) and adults aged 20-44
years who died in crashes in 2014 were unrestrained at the time of the crash.​1

Costs

● Non-fatal crash injuries to drivers and passengers resulted in more than $45 billion in
lifetime medical and work loss costs in 2013