Kentucky: Vehicle Enforcement - Buckle Up Kentucky

Buckle Up Kentucky - It's the law and It's enforced image During the Buckle Up Kentucky campaign, the Kentucky State Police, in cooperation with Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement, will be stepping up their patrol activities and conducting traffic safety checkpoints in high crash locations. There will be zero tolerance for those who fail to comply with Kentucky’s child restraint and safety belt law.

"Enforcement gets people to buckle up—safety belt use in states that conduct high visibility enforcement is 10 to 15 percentage points higher than in states that simply conduct public education," said Terrance Parker of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. "If every state conducted high visibility enforcement, we would save 5,000 to 7,000 lives each year."

You can download the national mobilization planner by clicking on the following link http://www.buckleupamerica.org/

Here are just some of the reasons why we are conducting Buckle Up Kentucky:

Kentucky seat belt usage rate is far below the national average and its roadway death rate is significantly higher than the national rate.
Traffic-related injuries are the #1 cause of death for people ages four to thirty-four.
Traffic-related injuries are the top cause of all unintentional injury death in America.
Every hour someone dies in America simply because they didn’t take the time to buckle up.
Wearing seat belts is the most effective means of reducing fatalities and serious injuries in traffic crashes.
Motor vehicle crashes cost society $230.6 billion every year, or $820 for every person living in the U.S.
If Kentucky’s present seat belt usage rate increased by 10%, an estimated 57 lives would be saved and 1,086 serious injuries prevented. This represents an economic savings of approximately 124 million to the Commonwealth.
Buckling up is required by Kentucky law.

For more information or comments, please contact the Kentucky Governor’s Highway Safety Program at (502) 695-6213.