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Oh the glory of sharing a news story. I was the anchor today so I came in to class trying to find a phoner. Before I got to class, though, I saw one of my friends from the RTN 565 class that meets at the same time as us. He said he had a lead on a road block in North Syracuse where policemen were checking cars for seat belts. I thought nothing of it at first, but then when class started I looked into it more and found that the roadblocks have been happening statewide. I was unsure if I'd be able to talk to someone because the most recent information I found was from 2004. Nonetheless, I called the number from that website and I ended up going through several different people before I found Ken Brown, the spokesman for the State Department. When I first got him on the phone, it seemed like he didn't exactly know what he could tell me about the campaign, and after putting me on hold several times he talked to me about the campaign.
The Buckle Up for New York campaign has been going on twice each year for ten years now and Brown told me that the fatalities related to a car crash when no seat belts or child restraint seat were used has decreased steadily. On his website as well he told me that there's data from each of the ten years. I looked at the one from earlier this year (May-June) and it said the tickets issued has decreased, meaning that fewer people have not been wearing seat belts.
1 comment:
good idea following a story you didnt even know had legs. Good idea. Great piece too.
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