It’s that time again, school is letting out, and more teenagers and young adults are on the road. It also means it’s time for the annual Click It or Ticket campaign from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Beginning in 1993 this long-running campaign does a great job of enforcing and educating seat belt laws around our country. Arizona is of no exception.

Arizona always has rules about driving safety in effect. Drivers and front seat occupants are to wear a seat belt, and they may give you a ticket if you are pulled over without one on, although, this is a secondary infraction (as of 2019). However, children 5 years of age or under not being properly secured in a child seat is an offense they can pull you over for. Although these infractions only lead to a ticket, or added penalty to another offense, it doesn’t mean that wearing a seat belt is of any less importance.

These crash stats about the lives saved by restraints use by the NHTSA show that seat belts save lives: 

About the author: Dan Deary is president of Capitol Collision Repair, one of the largest, independent body shops in Phoenix, now in their 31st year in business.