Wearing your seatbelt is a choice between life and death.
In a collision, being ejected from a vehicle is almost always deadly. In fact, drivers and passengers who skip the click are almost 50 times more likely to be killed in a crash.
Research shows since 2022, an average of two Manitobans are dying every month because they choose not to wear their seatbelt.
Keep your loved ones safe. Make sure they’re buckled up.
Your vehicle is built to protect you and your passengers in the event of a collision – but for the best protection, you need to buckle up!
Check on children in backseats, your passengers, and don’t skip on belting in just because you’re in a cab or rideshare. Wear your seatbelt in every seat, every time, every ride.
Wear it right.
For your seatbelt to be effective, it must be:
• Flat and not twisted
• Snug over the shoulder and across the hips
• Never tucked under the arm
Seatbelt safety makes cents.
In Manitoba, wearing your seatbelt is a law. Skipping the click will cost you $300 and two demerits, which is one of the highest fines in the country.
A driver can also be ticketed $299.65 for each passenger under the age of 18 who is not properly buckled up, including those in child car seats.
Air bags are added protection
Air bags protect your head and upper body from injury in a collision. However, they don’t protect you the same way your seatbelt will. Your seatbelt protects you in every kind of crash, at any speed.
Air bag safety tips:
- Sit at least 25 cm away from the airbag
- Wear your seatbelt
- Never place a rear-facing child car seat in the front seat of a vehicle equipped with air bags