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Buckle up or you could get a citation
April 2, 2012 6:45 PM
It's a push to get rural folks to wear their seat belts. The Colorado State Patrol along with 29 other rural law enforcement agencies will be writing citations during their "Click It or Ticket" program. It started Monday and will run through Easter Sunday. Sixty percent of the... more » -
More and more people wear seatbelts
January 4, 2011 12:10 PM
ATLANTA (AP) - Nearly six in seven U.S. adults now wear seat belts, an increase in driver safety that health officials say has helped cut motor vehicle deaths and injuries. About 85 percent of adults said they wear seat belts in a 2008 survey, up from under 81 percent... more » -
9-year-old girl dies in Colorado go-cart crash
August 16, 2010 8:06 AM
A 9-year-old Aurora girl whose go-cart collided with a maintenance vehicle at Grand Junction Motor Speedway has died. Mesa County Sheriff's spokeswoman Sally Weese says Taybor Duncan's go-cart rolled multiple times after it clipped a maintenance vehicle on the track Sunday morning. Weese says Taybor had just crested... more » -
Despite increased patrols, many already dead in traffic accidents
June 11, 2010 5:28 PM
Twenty three people have already died in traffic accidents this summer season in Colorado, despite increased patrols by law enforcement agencies. More than one-quarter of the fatalities since May 24, were a result of alcohol-related crashes. And 56 percent of the drivers and passengers killed were not wearing seat... more » -
Pueblo steps up seat belt enforcement at night
April 2, 2010 12:33 PM
The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office and the State Patrol have stepped up the Click It or Ticket campaign for this first week of April. The risk of being involved in a fatal crash is significantly greater at night than during the day, due in part to fewer people buckling... more »
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