Coos Bay Police Department Safety Belt Enforcement Blitz, May 9

News release CBPD.  Officers from the Coos Bay Police Department will join law enforcement agencies throughout Oregon in a Safety Belt Enforcement Campaign, from May 15th to May 27th.  This is the second of three-scheduled safety belt and traffic safety campaigns for 2017. The enhanced enforcement is funded through USDOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The focus of the program is to increase public awareness of the seatbelt laws with the goal of reducing traffic injuries and deaths.  NHTSA mandated observations of state belt use in 2016 revealed that Oregon’s belt use rate is 96%, significantly higher than the national average state use rate of 90%. As members from the Coos Bay Police Department take to the road during this campaign, they will focus their attention on seatbelt violations and child safety seat violations, but will also be watching for drivers who are speeding, texting, and driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs.