SGI is releasing the results from February’s Traffic Safety Spotlight, which includes 262 people not being buckled up properly. Police across the province were on the lookout for people not wearing their seatbelts and issued 195 tickets to drivers not wearing a seatbelt, 37 tickets to drivers where small children weren’t restrained with the proper booster or car seat, and 30 tickets to passengers 16 and older not wearing a seatbelt.

Each ticket is $175, and three demerit points under SGI’s Safe Driver Recognition Program. SGI’s Tyler McMurchy adds though, the biggest risk for those who don’t buckle up is not the cost, it’s the increased chance of injury or death in a crash. The Traffic Safety Spotlight for March is speeding.

For the month of February, police also reported:
-278 impaired driving offences (including 203 Criminal Code charges);
-335 distracted driving tickets (including 284 for cellphone use); and
-3,370 tickets for speeding and aggressive driving violations.