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By Pamela Alward
Staff Reporter
Although Nebraska's safety-belt law said.
faces a crucial test before a November Statistics indicate one life is saved
popular vote, officials involved with the for every 1 percent increase in safety
safety-belt program contend the law belt usage, he said, so at least 35 lives
has saved lives. should have been saved by the law.
Forty-seven fewer lives were lost in In October, the number of serious
auto accidents during 1985 than in traffic injuries decreased for the first
1984, said Fred Zwonechek, director of time in five years, Zwonechek said.
Nebraska Highway Safety. In 1984, 285 Dena Bogle, coordinator of the Ne
people died on Nebraska roads com- braska Safety Belt Program, said Nebra
pared with 238 in 1985. ska topped all states in reducing traffic
"It's a difficult thing to directly fatalities in 1985. Like Zwonechek, she
attribute to safety belts, although safety said the safety belt awareness effort
belts are a large factor," Zwonechek was a key factor,
said. "This was our lowest fatality rate
In November, voters will decide to since the 1940s," Bogle said,
keep or repeal the law, passed by the A visual observation survey showed
1985 Legislature. A summer-long refer- women comply with the law more often
endum drive gathered enough signa- than men, she said. Women buckled up
tures to place the issue on the 1986 52 percent of the time and men 34
general election ballot. percent of the time. Nebraskans in
The law requires all front-seat pas- metropolitan areas comply 56 percent
sengers to buckle up in cars made of the time, she said, with usage rates a
since 1972, with a few exceptions. The few points lower in central and sou
fine is $25 for noncompliance in every theast Nebraska and lowest in the west
case, but the vehicle initially must be and northeast areas of the state,
stopped for another offense. Locally, Lt. Jerry Smith of the Lin-
The law wasn't in effect until Sept. 6, coin Police Department reported 278
1985, but the 1985 statistics reflect tickets were written for safety belt vio
increased use of safety belts because lations during September and Nov
the public awareness campaign began ember.
much earlier, Zwonechek said. Statewide, Zwonechek said, at least
"I don't think there's any question it 500 safety-belt violation tickets were
is the primary reason safety belt usage written from Sept. 6 through November,
went from 1 percent to 46 percent," he
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