Archive for Saturday, April 21, 2012
2,116 seat belt tickets issued in rural campaign
April 21, 2012
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DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Department of Transportation says a campaign to enforce seat belt laws in rural areas resulted in 2,116 seat belt citations from April 1-8.
The citations included 98 violations for drivers with children under age 16 who weren't restrained.
Colorado State Patrol Chief James Wolfinbarger says the goal was to encourage people to buckle up. He says 187 people were killed in crashes on rural roadways last year representing 60 percent of the state's total fatalities. He says 58 percent of those killed in rural areas were not wearing a seat belt, compared with 34 percent in urban areas.
Officials say the seat belt campaign also turned up 33 drug arrests, 19 fugitive arrests, 18 suspected cases of driving under the influence, and the recovery of one stolen vehicle.
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News this week showed snowpack in the Yampa River basin has reached 94 percent of median for the date. Do you think Moffat County is out of the woods as far as drought concerns?
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23 April 2012 at 7:04 a.m.
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native_craig_guy (Anonymous) says…
Yay!!! Lets celebrate the death of freedom and choice by advertising the number of police contacts have been made enforcing this abomination.
23 April 2012 at 9 a.m.
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Brian_Kotowski (Anonymous) says…
According the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 3-point seat belts have saved over 147,000 lives since 1975. Yay! Let's celebrate all the fatalities that would have occurred if not for this “abomination.”