In Washington State, the Safety Commission sponsored night time seat programs in 2008 and 2009. Most traffic fatalities without seat belt use happen at night, so it was a way to attack that problem. The programs were extremely successful. More information about them will be contained in our next newsletter.
In the meantime....they compared the criminal histories of 3,000 people who received a night time seat belt ticket during the enforcement programs to 3,000 random drivers who did not.
Those with the seat belt violations were five hundred (500) times more likely to have a felony record.
What's this mean? For officers, be careful with these offenders! Many have violent criminal histories. Some may have pending arrest warrants.
For prosecutors and judges, there may be more than meets the eye with the $10 seat belt ticket!
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