Click it or Ticket

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Click it or Ticket

• A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ABOUT MICHIGANS SEAT
  BELT LAWS.
• BY JENNIFER HARTRICK

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OLD LAW

• Under 4 in the front with a child seat (standard)
• Over 1 in the rear rear with no child seat
  (standard)
• 4 - 15 in any seat (secondary)
• Driver and front passenger (secondary)
• Must be stopped for non-belt infraction

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NEW LAW

• Children under 4 must be in a child seat
  (standard)
• 4 - 15 in in any seat (standard)
• Driver and front passenger (standard)
• Can be stopped for belt infraction

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HOW IS THIS DONE?

• Enforcement Zones - Designated Areas to watch
  for belt infractions
• Standard Enforcement - Legal to ticket for only
  a belt infraction

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CONSEQUENCES

• 65 TICKET

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FUNDING

• 2 million grant from the Office of Highway
  Safety Planning (OHSP)

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MYTHS

• Belts are harmful in a crash
• Its better to be thrown from a car in a crash
• Passengers in air-bag equipped vehicles dont
  need to wear safety belts

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FACTS

• Safety belts cause little injury in crashes
• Its impossible to be thrown in a clear path
• Air bags are an aide in head-on collisions

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WILL IT WORK?

• 64 say somewhat effective
• 25 say little or not effective
• 1999 visual survey 70 were buckled
• Recent telephone survey 78 were buckled

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REFRENCES
http//www.romuluspd.com/seatbelt_law.htm http//w
ww.michigan.gov/msp http//www.ohsp.state.mi.us/ne
ws/news_increase.htm http//www.freep.com