{"id":98740,"date":"2018-07-15T20:59:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T02:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/rural-seat-belt-crackdown-starts\/"},"modified":"2018-07-15T20:59:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T02:59:46","slug":"rural-seat-belt-crackdown-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/rural-seat-belt-crackdown-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural seat belt crackdown starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=1d8b50d0-4435-4624-a5b4-780223bc39dd&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=1d8b50d0-4435-4624-a5b4-780223bc39dd&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=1d8b50d0-4435-4624-a5b4-780223bc39dd&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=1d8b50d0-4435-4624-a5b4-780223bc39dd&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"436\" height=\"286\" alt=\"A seven-day statewide crackdown on people who are not using their seat belts will begin Monday. The \u201cClick It or Ticket\u201d special enforcement effort will target areas of rural Colorado.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A seven-day statewide crackdown on people who are not using their seat belts will begin Monday. The \u201cClick It or Ticket\u201d special enforcement effort will target areas of rural Colorado.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">JOHN LEYBA\/Denver Post via AP file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cClick It or Ticket\u201d special enforcement effort will target areas of rural Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies across the state will cooperate to establish seat belt checks.<\/p>\n<p>Rural areas tend to have the lowest seat belt use rates in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Colorado\u2019s statewide seat belt use rate is 84 percent, ranking Colorado in the bottom third in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>According to a 2017 CDOT study, the four Colorado counties with the lowest seat belt use were all rural: La Plata, 74 percent use; Montezuma, 74.4 percent; Cheyenne, 75.2 percent; and Mesa, 75.5 percent<\/p>\n<p>These rates are well below the national average for seat belt use of 90 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWearing a seat belt can easily become a matter of life or death,\u201d said Darrell Lingk, director of the Office of Transportation Safety at CDOT. \u201cIt is the easiest way to protect yourself in a crash and can greatly enhance your chances of surviving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A total of 233 unbelted deaths in passenger-vehicle crashes occurred last year in Colorado \u2014 accounting for half of the 437 total passenger vehicle fatalities in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that about 60 lives could be saved every year in Colorado if everyone buckled up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seven-day statewide crackdown on people who are not using their seat belts will begin Monday. The \u201cClick It or Ticket\u201d special enforcement effort will target areas of rural Colorado.JOHN LEYBA\/Denver Post via AP file The \u201cClick It or Ticket\u201d special enforcement effort will target areas of rural Colorado. 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