(WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com) — Feb. 20 by means of Feb. 26 is Pennsylvania’s Freeway Security Legislation Consciousness week.
Main into the attention marketing campaign, the Pennsylvania Division of Transportation has highlighted rising statistics on crash information.
In 2021 deaths on Pennsylvania roadways elevated by as a lot as 10% in keeping with preliminary information, PennDOT mentioned in a Feb. 15 information launch. That quantity contains will increase in fatalities in dashing crashes, distracted driving crashes, crashes involving a 16- or 17-year-old driver, and unrestrained fatalities.
PennDOT’s crash information for 2021 will not be fully out there till June. Nonetheless, the information launch famous that information from 2020 confirmed 94% of unbelted occupants (305 individuals) who have been killed in crashes may have survived had they been carrying a seat belt.
“Whereas we can’t definitively say what’s inflicting fatalities to extend, we are able to definitively say that security on our roadways is everybody’s duty,” mentioned PennDOT Appearing Government Deputy Secretary Melissa Batula. “Please decelerate, concentrate, by no means drive impaired, and buckle up. Buckling up is the one best factor you are able to do to guard your self and your family members in a crash.”
The information launch highlighted present Pennsylvania legal guidelines that shield drivers: the texting-while-driving ban; a seat belt requirement for passengers youthful than 18; prohibiting impaired driving; pace restrictions; and the commonwealth’s younger driver regulation — a 3 stage program that’s confirmed efficient in lowering crashes and fatalities for 16- and 17-year-old drivers.
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