A new fashion collection aims to make seatbelts the must-wear accessory of 2025 and beyond. It's for good reason as every week four young people aged 17-29 are killed or seriously injured while not wearing one when behind the wheel. The unique awareness building campaign that aims to improve the image problem seatbelts seemingly have with young road users … [Read more...]
Tighten up seat belt law, motorists tell RAC
More than two-thirds of motorists (68%) believe drivers should be responsible for ensuring all their passengers wear seatbelts, according to new RAC research released to coincide with today’s 40-year seatbelt law anniversary. Currently, drivers only have responsibility to make sure they and any children in their vehicles are buckled up properly – with the … [Read more...]
Motor crimes blackspot Wales
Wales is a blackspot for some motor crimes. A survey shows 172,000 motoring offences recorded in Wales in 2015/16 and speeding accounted for 159,000 motoring offences in Wales while it ranks as fourth worst region for seatbelt crimes with 5,700 violations. Just one driver was prosecuted for lane hogging on a road in Wales. To highlight the research, … [Read more...]
