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  • By Sgt. Troy Christianson, Minnesota Highway Patrol
    November 23, 2020
    Question: I have heard a lot about “click it or ticket” recently. I thought seat belt use was at an all-time high. Answer:  Most Minnesotans are making the life-saving decision to buckle up. According to the 2019 Minnesota Seat Belt Survey, 93.4 percent of front seat occupants are wearing their seat belts. Unfortunately, that means more than 7 percent of motorists continue to risk their lives and…
  • October 20, 2020
    We get a kick out of recalling the “good old days” of wrestling with our siblings in the back seat or sleeping in the rear window of the family sedan on long road trips. And we survived to tell the tale. … Well, most of us did. In 1987 more than 4,000 people suffered severe injuries in traffic crashes. Today that number is roughly 1,000. Why? Seatbelts. Belted motorists often walk away from…
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