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New campaign urges road users to ‘belt up’

Jonathan Winston Jonathan Winston
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A road safety charity in North Yorkshire is calling on all road users in the region to always wear a seat belt. The message follows a survey in the county, showing that an average of four percent of drivers and six percent of passengers were not belting up before a journey despite the fact it could save them from injury should the vehicle be involved in a road accident.

Now campaigners from 95 Alive, the North Yorkshire road safety partnership are publicising the fact, saying that 60,000 lives have been saved since the wearing of seat belts became compulsory in 1983. They will work alongside North Yorkshire Police and the local fire service to reinforce their message.

David Bowe, director of business and environmental services at North Yorkshire County Council said: “It seems astonishing that anyone would risk not wearing a seat belt. The fact is it can save your life, there is no argument it is as simple as that. So many people have walked away from car crashes with slight or no injuries because they had clunk-clicked and yet the results of our survey show people are dicing with death every day.”

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