SPD Announces SAFE Campaign Participation 2019

Publicado el 01/23/19.

The Sevierville Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) for its fifth annual Seatbelts Are For Everyone (SAFE) campaign. This statewide initiative is designed to increase seatbelt usage and child passenger safety restraint usage through the implementation of occupant-protection programs, public events, and checkpoints throughout local communities across Tennessee. The SAFE campaign begins February 1 and concludes August 1.

 

“In Tennessee, about 50% of traffic fatalities each year are unbelted,” said SPD Chief Joseph Manning. “This just isn’t acceptable. Please help us save lives by ensuring that you, your children, family and friends use their seatbelts and child safety seats every time you travel.”

2019 will be the sixth year that the THSO has sponsored the SAFE campaign.

"En 2016, la tasa promedio de uso del cinturón de seguridad en Tennessee fue del 88.95 por ciento", dijo el director de THSO, Vic Donoho. “El año pasado, la tasa de uso del estado disminuyó al 88.51 por ciento. Nuestro objetivo este año es lograr el uso del 100 por ciento del cinturón de seguridad en todo Tennessee a través de la campaña SAFE y otras iniciativas de protección de los ocupantes”.

In Tennessee, a disproportionate percentage of unrestrained fatalities tend to occur between the hours of 6:00PM and 5:59AM. Historically, approximately fifty percent of Tennessee’s traffic fatalities are unbelted. That percentage increases to nearly sixty when nighttime crashes are examined. Therefore, participating agencies will focus special attention toward nighttime seatbelt enforcement during the SAFE campaign this year.

Para obtener más información sobre THSO, visite www.tntrafficsafety.org.