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Hamish Piercy: Crash investigator says Police need to up their game on seatbelt fines
There are calls for Police to up their game in the enforcement of seatbelt rules.
Figures released to Newstalk ZB show the number of fines being handed out for failing to wear a seatbelt, have almost halved in the past decade.
That's despite the number of serious injuries and crashes where a driver or passenger wasn't wearing a seatbelt, have either increased, or remained unchanged, over the same period.
Independent crash investigator Hamish Piercy told Kate Hawkesby the importance of such fines shouldn't be underestimated.
“They do have an effect, and it’s not necessarily the amount either…
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