Fifty percent of traffic fatalities in Kansas involve people who were not buckled up. About a third involve people who are driving while distracted, and a third involve driving while drunk or otherwise impaired.
On Monday, the message to the public from state officials and law enforcement who gathered at the Statehouse was effectively this: Basic actions can reduce fatalities.
Examples include buckling up oneself and one’s children, putting one’s cellphone away while driving, and staying out of the driver’s seat after drinking ...