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OPP cracking down on seatbelt use

The Ontario Provincial Police is launching its fall seatbelt campaign today in an effort to raise public awareness about the importance of wearing seatbelts as a driver or passenger and on the proper use of child car seats and booster.
Sudbury.com Staff
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The Ontario Provincial Police is launching its fall seatbelt campaign today in an effort to raise public awareness about the importance of wearing seatbelts as a driver or passenger and on the proper use of child car seats and booster.
The Ontario Provincial Police is launching its fall seatbelt campaign today in an effort to raise public awareness about the importance of wearing seatbelts as a driver or passenger and on the proper use of child car seats and booster.

Drivers are legally responsible for ensuring passengers under the age of 16 are properly buckled up — in a seatbelt assembly or in an appropriate child car seat or booster seat. The number of occupants in a vehicle is limited to the number of seatbelts — one person, one seat belt — it’s the law.

Although the campaign runs from Sept. 24 to Oct. 10, seatbelt enforcement has been and will continue to be a primary focus for the OPP.

The penalty for a seatbelt offence is $240 and two demerit points. Traffic collisions remain the leading cause of injury-related deaths in Ontario and the OPP is reminding the motoring public that wearing seat belts save lives.