March 25, 2015
Utah’s Republican governor has signed a bill that that would allow police to pull over drivers for not wearing seatbelts. The measure signed by Gov. Gary Herbert on Monday makes it a primary offense for drivers older than 19 to …
February 20, 2015
Drivers who don’t wear seatbelts could be stopped by police under a proposal that has cleared the Utah House of Representatives. Republican Rep. Lee Perry of Perry says the bill that passed the House Tuesday will strengthen the seatbelt law …
January 22, 2014
Utah transportation officials say they counted 219 traffic deaths in Utah in 2013, and almost half of the car crash victims who died hadn’t been wearing seatbelts. The Utah Department of Transportation statistics released Tuesday show two more deaths last …
December 2, 2013
Officials with the Utah Department of Public Safety say more people are wearing seatbelts this year than they were a year ago. The state’s annual seatbelt observational study found 82.4 percent of people riding in vehicles were buckled up, up …