TAMILA DaCOSTA is an ICBC employee who is pledging to click in. Terrace drivers buckle up LAST year 61 people in B.C.’s north died in fatal ‘traffic accidents and near- ly half of those victims weren’t wearing seat belts, David Dickson, a for- mer RCMP officer who is now ICBC’s regional man- ager: for this part of. B.C., says some of those lives could have been saved if only seat belts were being wom. Of the 61 people killed in car accidents in the north central region last year at least 29 were not wearing seat belts, Dick- son said, According to a study done by ICBC employees last year Terrace only has a. 77-per cent seat belt wearing rate compared to a 91 per cent wearing rate at the provincial level. The north central region that number falls to 74 per cent. ICBC employees ob- ‘served vehicles at various intersections during peak traffic limes to determine to the average seatbelt’ wearing rate, Dickson said. “With the number of tragedies in the north — many of them weren't wearing seat belts,” says operations manager for Terrace and Prince Rupert Geoff Butler. “It’s some- thing we’re going to ask people to get involved in.” To combat the problem ICBC launched a cam- paign called Clicking In, in which people pledge to buckle up any time they are in a moving vehicle. ICBC is calling on schools, businesses, ser- vice clubs and individuals to sign pledge forms and challenge their friends and families to do the same. The idea is that com- munities can pull together to reinforce the importance of buckling up to avoid serious injuries or deaths. “We don’t like going to funerals because our friends have lost loved Open: Moa.-Thur, Modie}Opm ot Fri. & Sok. 1] ani-1 2midnight - SAMOS BY NIGHT Now Servin ‘The = "Delicious Tastes oO } Greece! 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