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DeWine urges Ohio to adopt primary seat-belt law, cites safety gains and estimated lives saved
Joint Convention of the Ohio General Assembly · March 10, 2026
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Summary
Gov. Mike DeWine urged lawmakers to adopt a primary seat-belt law, citing earlier distracted-driving enforcement results (18,000 fewer crashes; 280 fewer deaths) and a state analysis estimating a primary law could save about five lives per month.
Gov. Mike DeWine called on the Ohio legislature to adopt a primary seat-belt law, saying the measure would raise belt use and save lives.
DeWine cited results from a 2022 distracted-driving law, saying "if you compare the first two years of enforcement of this law to the two years before the enforcement began, Ohio has had 18,000…
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