South Carolina’s seat-belt usage rate of 90.5 percent is up from 69.7 percent in 2005 — the year the state’s safety belt law changed from secondary to primary enforcement.

Amazingly, there is also still one U.S. state that has not outlawed riding in the front seat without a seatbelt on.

"A lot of times we see the belt buckle hanging," said Trooper Southall. How does Oklahoma's Seatbelt Usage measure up to other states? Oklahoma ranks 43rd in the country for seat belt usage.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, state fair commissioners and other staff got together at Kasich Hall on the state fairgrounds Tuesday morning to celebrate Virgil Strickler’s looming retirement—including with ...

A total of 20,953 people were convicted of violating the state’s seat belt laws in 2023, the DMV reported. The bill passed house 65-33, and the Senate 22-17.