NEW YORK – New York State’s annual “Buckle Up or Get a Ticket” campaign, “Buckle Up New York, Click It or Ticket”, which seeks to raise awareness in New Yorkers about the importance of wearing seat belts inside vehicles, will run through November 29, 2020.
The statewide campaign mobilizes state and local law enforcement officers to checkpoints and throughout the state to control who is not wearing a seatbelt inside vehicles. In 2019, 26,432 fines were imposed for not wearing a seat belt and for violations related to the rules for minors in a vehicle.
“Wearing a seatbelt is not only the law, it is the smartest choice you can make to help prevent unnecessary tragedy,” Governor Cuomo said. “New York has been a national leader on this issue since my father helped institute the nation’s first seat belt law, and while we have made great progress over the years, we still see instances where it is not There is no debate: Seat belts save lives and we will continue to raise awareness of this indisputable fact to help ensure that everyone who travels on New York’s roads does so safely. “
In August, Governor Cuomo signed legislation strengthening historic state seat belt laws to better protect everyone on New York’s roads. As of November 1, 2020, all people riding in passenger vehicles, regardless of where they sit, must wear a seat belt or be properly secured in a child safety seat. In New York, the police can legally fine motorists for not wearing a seatbelt even if they are not committing any other traffic offenses.
The state’s seat belt compliance rate has remained at or above 90% since 2010, reaching a record 94% last year, according to data from the Institute for Road Safety Management and Research at the University of Albany Rockefeller College.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 37,133 people died in motor vehicle crashes nationwide in 2017 and 47% of those killed were not wearing seat belts. The NHTSA estimates that in 2017, seat belts saved 14,955 lives and 2,549 more people could have been saved by wearing seat belts.
The penalty for violating the law will apply after a car is stopped and it will be only the offending passenger who receives a fine of up to $ 50. This means that the guideline exempts the driver and the rest of the occupants.
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