(St. Paul, MN) — Minnesota law enforcement kicks off another statewide seatbelt enforcement campaign beginning Sunday and running through September 24th.
But State Patrol Lieutenant Gordon Shank says they’re not looking to cite everybody whenever they have these campaigns.
He says their goal is traffic safety, and to save lives on the roadway. As of September Eleventh, unbelted fatalities in Minnesota for the year were at 53, compared to 72 last year at this time.
Officials say, though, that even one preventable death is too many. In 2021, nearly eight-in-ten unbelted traffic deaths in the state were in Greater Minnesota.