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Seatbelt Safety Targets Local Drivers

03/02/2012

Enhanced patrols, with an eye on seat belt usage by teenaged drivers, is coming to Horton, and all of Brown County, this month.
Calling it “an epidemic” in a press release, Horton Police Chief Beau Hasenohr says the focus will be areas around schools, with 51 teens, statewide, losing their lives in vehicle crashes during 2010. Seventy-five percent of those killed were not wearing a seat belt.
The statewide initiative, which begins Monday, will also see the participation of the Brown County Sheriff's Department(Play Audio :08 seconds)
That's Sheriff John Merchant who says that teens, with few years of driving experience, are most vulnerable to accidents when behind the wheel(Play Audio :18 seconds)
The program is sponsored by the Kansas Department of Transportation(Play Audio :23 seconds)
While teenaged drivers are the focus, Merchant says unbuckled adults, along with unrestrained young children, will also be targeted(Play Audio :13 seconds)
The enhanced patrolling effort is set to start on Monday, and will run for two weeks.

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