PROVINCIAL SEAT BELT CAMPAIGN

The Provincial Seat Belt Campaign, with the full support of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, is a combined public awareness and enforcement campaign that is aimed at getting more drivers and passengers to buckle up. Using seat belts is the single most effective way to reduce vehicle related injuries and fatalities.

The spring campaign will run from Wednesday 2009 April 15 until Sunday 2009 April 26. It is estimated that for every 1% increase in seatbelt use, 5 lives are saved in Ontario every year.

The spring seat belt campaign will focus on drivers who fail to properly secure their children safely. Child Safety Seat clinics have continually shown that 80 percent of car seats are installed or used incorrectly.

11 Division will be hosting an infant/child car seat inspection clinic on Monday 27 April 2009 between 8:30AM and 12:30PM in the Walmart parking lot located at 2525 St. Clair Avenue West (St. Clair Avenue West and Runnymede Road). No appointment is necessary – first come first served.