Ontario's Spring Seatbelt Campaign begins April 16 and runs through to April 30.
Police officers understand the importance of seatbelt use and want to ensure you and your passengers are buckled in safely. Roadway users can expect to see the familiar OPP roadside stop checks as officers look for proper seatbelt use.
Drivers are legally responsible for ensuring that passengers under the age of 16 are properly buckled up – in a seatbelt or an appropriate child car seat or booster seat.
Effective Dec. 1, 2006, the new One Person, One Seatbelt legislation requires every occupant in a motor vehicle to be buckled up properly while driving in Ontario.
“Using a seatbelt is the single-most effective way to reduce the change of injury or death in a motor vehicle collision,” explains Insp. Mark Andrews.
“It's difficult for the average person to imagine the horrific consequences of becoming a human projectile within a vehicle, but it's an image our officers often see when they respond to a crash.”
