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Final 2011 traffic crash report: 368 killed

...communities.Important legislation has also factored, including the ban on texting/emailing/web access and the primary seat belt law and booster seat law requirement for children.2011 Minnesota motor vehicle crash facts include: ? 72,117 crashes...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-06-19/final-2011-traffic-crash-report-368-
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State seat belt use reaches new record level

...to awareness and enforcement of the state's primary seat belt law, which became effective in June 2009.The announcement...dropped:? 1986 - (the year Minnesota first passed a seat belt law) seat belt compliance was 20 percent; 280 unbelted deaths...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-10-19/state-seat-belt-use-reaches-new-reco
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...statewide crackdown has resulted in more than 12,000 motorists being ticketed for violating Minnesota's mandatory seat belt law.The "Click It or Ticket" enforcement effort ran from late May to early June.Director Donna Berger of the Minnesota...

http://brainerddispatch.com/2012-06-11-0
GUEST COLUMN: Thanksgiving can be deadly

...enforcement effort will include focus on the state's seat belt law - drivers and all passengers in any seat must be belted...table," State Patrol Lt. Joe Dwyer said. "Enforcing seat belt laws and arresting impaired drivers are preventive measures...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2011-11-18/guest-column-thanks
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Annual state traffic deaths drop under 400

...injury crashes, and DWI arrests continue to drop.Other factors include traffic safety legislation, such as primary seat belt law; enhanced enforcement coupled with education efforts; effective MnDOT, county and local engineering improvements...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-01-04/annual-state-traffic-deaths-drop-und
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Area counties part of extra seat belt enforcement

...low and snug across the hips; shoulder straps should never be tucked under an arm or behind the back. Minnesota's seat belt law requires drivers and passengers in all seating positions, including the back seat, to be buckled up or seated in...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-03-28/area-counties-part-extra-seat-belt-e
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Impaired driving enforcement on through the holidays

...in Minnesota will be working overtime through the holidays to arrest impaired driver's and enforce the state's seat belt law.More than 400 Minnesotans are killed in traffic crashes each year, with one-third of those deaths alcohol-related...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2010-12-16/impaired-driving-enforcement-through
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December DWI, seat belt enforcement project ends

Officers in the Brainerd lakes area joined officers statewide last month and enforced the DWI laws and seat belt laws with main emphasis on weekends and nights as part of the December Mobilization.During the almost 180-hour project, officers...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-01-03/december-dwi-seat-belt-enforcement-p
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Seat belts - Dispatch Editorial

...should put some teeth into its seat-belt law and allow law officers to stop...the first state to make its seat-belt law subject to primary enforcement...toughening-up of Minnesota's seat-belt law. The expected benefits far outweigh...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/021401/opi_0214010001.shtml
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Seat-belt debate moves into legislative committee

...ago, legislators with bills to toughen Minnesota's seat-belt law try to win over their colleagues this week. A House...to consider a proposal for the so-called primary seat-belt law, but the measure's supporters say his administration's...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/031001/gov_0310010102.shtml
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