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| Emergency services in Wales are launching a two week campaign targeting the "needless deaths" of drivers and passengers not wearing seatbelts. | |
| Police in all four Welsh forces have warned they will be stopping and fining those breaking the law. | Police in all four Welsh forces have warned they will be stopping and fining those breaking the law. |
| Last year's campaign saw 2,866 people caught in Wales while it is estimated almost a third of adults do not wear rear seatbelts - illegal since 1991. | Last year's campaign saw 2,866 people caught in Wales while it is estimated almost a third of adults do not wear rear seatbelts - illegal since 1991. |
| Firefighters and trading standards officers are also taking part. | Firefighters and trading standards officers are also taking part. |
| South Wales Fire and Rescue Service will show the wreckage of a car involved in a crash from which the driver escaped alive because he was wearing his seat belt. | South Wales Fire and Rescue Service will show the wreckage of a car involved in a crash from which the driver escaped alive because he was wearing his seat belt. |
| Trading standards officials are warning people to properly fit and maintain child car seats and restraints. | Trading standards officials are warning people to properly fit and maintain child car seats and restraints. |
| This year's all-Wales seatbelt campaign runs from 7 to 20 September with the first week coinciding with a similar Europe-wide campaign. | |
| SEATBELT USE IN THE UK In 1983 seat belt use in front of vehicles becomes compulsoryBack seat belt use by children becomes law in 1989; extended to adults in 1991 Of 1,432 car occupants killed in 2007, 34% had not 'belted up'In 1982, 37% of drivers wore seatbelts - by 2007, it was 94%An estimated 565 people were not using a seatbelt when killed in 2005. Some 370 may have survived if properly restrained Source: Department for Transport | SEATBELT USE IN THE UK In 1983 seat belt use in front of vehicles becomes compulsoryBack seat belt use by children becomes law in 1989; extended to adults in 1991 Of 1,432 car occupants killed in 2007, 34% had not 'belted up'In 1982, 37% of drivers wore seatbelts - by 2007, it was 94%An estimated 565 people were not using a seatbelt when killed in 2005. Some 370 may have survived if properly restrained Source: Department for Transport |
| Police said those caught not wearing a seatbelt faced fixed penalty fines which had recently doubled from £30 to £60. | Police said those caught not wearing a seatbelt faced fixed penalty fines which had recently doubled from £30 to £60. |
| However as an alternative to prosecution, motorists and passengers would be given the opportunity to attend a showing of a film on the dangers of not wearing seatbelts | However as an alternative to prosecution, motorists and passengers would be given the opportunity to attend a showing of a film on the dangers of not wearing seatbelts |
| Insp Lee Ford of Gwent Police said: "We run seatbelts campaign every year and although the majority of people understand the risk they face by not wearing a seatbelt there are those who continue to ignore the dangers. | Insp Lee Ford of Gwent Police said: "We run seatbelts campaign every year and although the majority of people understand the risk they face by not wearing a seatbelt there are those who continue to ignore the dangers. |
| "Seatbelts can be the difference between life and death and every year in Wales people die needlessly because they are not wearing them. | "Seatbelts can be the difference between life and death and every year in Wales people die needlessly because they are not wearing them. |
| "We are determined to target the problem. There will be a particularly strong emphasis on seatbelt use during the two-week campaign, but education and enforcement will continue all year round. | "We are determined to target the problem. There will be a particularly strong emphasis on seatbelt use during the two-week campaign, but education and enforcement will continue all year round. |
| Kevin Barry of the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service added: "Firefighters attend road traffic collisions every day, and have to deal with horrendous and disturbing scenes. | Kevin Barry of the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service added: "Firefighters attend road traffic collisions every day, and have to deal with horrendous and disturbing scenes. |
| "We welcome this chance to join our policing colleagues in emphasising how important it is to use your seatbelt - it could save your life". | "We welcome this chance to join our policing colleagues in emphasising how important it is to use your seatbelt - it could save your life". |