So we’ll forgive you for overlooking a tiny, less-flashy detail: the plastic button on your seat belt. Yes, it’s there for a ...

Within the next two years, the "ding" of a seat belt reminder will be required for all seats in a vehicle, no longer just the driver. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finalized a ...

The seat belt is one of the most effective and widely implemented vehicle safety mechanisms in use today. It saves an estimated 15,000 lives in the U.S. annually. However, despite statistics ...

California passed a new bill recently requiring children to use a safety seat -- but not all "children" as it turns out. Here ...

LANSING, Mich. (WNEM) - The seat belt use rate in Michigan fell slightly in 2023, according to the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP). The seat belt use rate decreased by two percent ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing new rules aimed at encouraging seat belt use with warning systems for passengers in the front and back of vehicles. The proposal ...

May's "Click It or Ticket" campaign in Clay County showed that four-fifths of motorists there use seat belts, leaving some room for improvement, a police official said. Moorhead Police Lt. Dan Griffin ...

Lansing — The use of seat belts is on the decline in Michigan, a state that has been a national leader in safety belt use, according to the latest statistics from the State Police. The major reason is ...

Michigan’s seat belt use has had a marginal decline in recent years. An observational study conducted in May and June 2023 found 92.4% of drivers were wearing their seat belt. It was the lowest usage ...

In an effort to reduce serious and deadly crashes, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will join several other state transportation departments to mark Buckle Up Phone Down Day on Wednesday, ...

It’s really weird when you think about it. So what’s the deal? We asked a transportation safety expert to explain this ...