South African Fines unbuckled people in cars

South Africa will now be issuing fines for cars stopped with unbuckled passengers inside. Over Easter holiday, a test was run to see how many cars had people unbuckled inside. 250,000 vehicles were stopped during the holiday, and 79,056 fines were issued. Altogether 1,039 licences were suspended and 1,024 vehicles impounded. Minister Ben Martin ran the whole project. “In most vehicles we stopped, we found that only the driver wears the seat belt. The majority of rear seat passengers simply do not utilise seat belts even when roadblocks are conducted,” he said. More people will survive crashes each year, including those working in factories.
Ben Martin

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