REGINA – The province-wide traffic spotlight this month is tackling seatbelt safety. Throughtout March, Saskatchewan police are putting extra effort into catching unbuckled motorists in the act.
Seatbelts can decrease the chances of sustaining serious injury in traffic collisions by up to 50 per cent, according to statistics from Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI).
SGI says improper or non-seatbelt use contributed to 27 deaths and 204 injuries on provincial roads in 2013. Three of the fatalities were children under the age of seven.
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Police are watching for people not wearing seatbelts, wearing them improperly, or not having child passengers properly restrained. Convicted motorists are fined $175 and will lose three points on SGI’s safe driver recognition program.
During March and June in 2014, provincial law enforcement participated in the same type of traffic spotlight, issuing 705 and 431 seatbelt violations respectively.
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