seat belts

The Wyoming Highway Patrol, Cheyenne Police Department and other law enforcement agencies are reminding motorists to buckle up their seat belts.

In Wyoming, several bills have been put forward in the legislature over the years to make not wearing seat belts a primary offense, so that police could stop cars for that alone.

The Natrona County Fire District has released photos from two separate vehicle accidents that occurred on Friday, January 15. Along with the photos, they shared some advice on how to prevent accidents in the future.

The penalty for any passengers over 12 not wearing seat belts would increase from the current $10 to $100.

The bill would also allow traffic stops for seat belt violations, rather than requiring another traffic violation before a stop could be made, as required by current law.

Many states will begin reopening over the next few days, and the Wyoming Highway Patrol is reminding everyone to buckle up.

Scott's death was not the only tragedy that occurred in Wyoming over Mother's Day weekend.

Officials are looking at all the information to determine if there a commonality, but multiple factors make it difficult to address one area of concern.

Seat belt use may have been the saving grace in a crash at the Robertson Road/West Belt Loop intersection near Casper.