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NHTSA, Regional Administrator
May 2001
July 25 Commissioners agenda item - Seat Belt Usage Award
Mike Geile - Introduction:
In June of 2000, Weld County Safety and Wellness Committee members surveyed seatbelt usage
at several county buildings as employees arrived or departed. Then they began a campaign to
increase seatbelt awareness. To improve visibility of the existing county seatbelt policy, they
convinced the county commissioners to restate the rule in the Personnel Handbook. The
committee published articles in the County Line employees' newsletter about the importance of
wearing seatbelts. They hung posters to advertise their cause and organized a pledge card drive
so that employees could win prizes by promising to always wear seatbelts themselves and to
insist that their passengers always buckle up. A second seatbelt usage count was conducted in
the Fall of 2000, and committee members reported seatbelt usage increased in every department
surveyed. In two county buildings, the Centennial Center and the Health and Planning Building,
seatbelt usage was 85% or better during both counts. The Safety and Wellness Committee
submitted this information to the Colorado Highway Safety Office, and today we have Dave
Jessup and Bill Watada, representing the National Highway Transportation Safety
Administration, with us to present the award.
Mike Geile - Conclusion
Thank you very much. The effort to promote seat belt use is continuing and the Safety and
Wellness Committee will be doing seat belt observations again this summer.
Bill Watada: 303-512-5134
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