You may have heard that federal officials are cracking down on highway humor. Signs like “Seat belts are in, everybody’s wearing them” and “Don’t be a grinch, let them merge” are to be ...

Today, seat belt use by back-seat adult passengers is not required by law. ... In 2019, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 78% of rear-seat occupants used seat belts, ...

Depending on size, a typical new school bus can cost $75,000 to $85,000 and outfitting a single bus with seat belts can cost between $5,485 and $7,346, according to NHTSA, based on the number of ...

IIHS researchers tested seat-belt efficacy through simulations of a head-on collision, adding rear passengers for the first time. No Stellantis vehicles qualified for the top safety awards. Only ...

More about seat belt safety. Failure to buckle up continues to play a large role in crash deaths. In 2022, only half of those in the front seat and a quarter of those in back were belted during ...

Correct and consistent seat belt use is known to save lives, but in 2021, 50 % of passenger vehicle occupants killed in traffic crashes were unrestrained – nearly 12,000 – the highest number ...

Seat belts save thousands of lives every year, so it might surprise you that those life-savers can contribute to fetal injury when pregnant people are in car crashes Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

“We have focused since then on seat belt safety.” There has been progress: Since 2016 new buses in the United States have been required to have seat belts , and buses without them are ...

Louisiana’s seat belt usage rate fell to 85.2% in 2024, ... Two Crashes Today Underscore Seat Belt Safety. The impact of seat belt use—or the lack of it—was made clear today in Acadia ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - April 3 kicks off a new seat belt safety enforcement period. The Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State Patrol, and other local law enforcement ...

Front seat belt warning systems must comply with the new rule by Sept. 1, 2026, and rear seat belt warning systems must comply by Sept. 1, 2027, the rule states.