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 The Hillsborough County Community Traffic Safety Team (CTST) is leading an effort to increase safety belt use by our teenage drivers and passengers. This year's competition is scheduled for the week of November 15 - 19, 2010. Awards Ceremony will take place in January, date to be announced. Every year we hear the heart breaking stories of one of your classmates lost in a car crash. Oftentimes they would still be with you if only they were wearing a safety belt. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for American teenagers. In fact, teens have the highest fatality rate in motor vehicle crashes than any other age group. They have the lowest safety belt use rates of all drivers. This rate is even lower when there are multiple teens in the vehicle. The Battle of the Belts program was initiated in an effort to change these statistics and increase safety belt use amongst teenagers. In 2006, three high schools in Hillsborough County participated in the program and in the years since, several more have participated. This year the hope is that all high schools in Hillsborough County will participate. This year's competition is scheduled for the week of November 15-19. The goal of this campaign is to convince your peers to always wear their safety belts.Contacts for Battle of the Belts: |
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