TRIPLE A PROJECTS. MORE THAN 38 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO HIT THE ROAD BY CAR THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. SO THIS WEEK’S ROAD PATROL IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WDSU TRAFFIC ANCHOR DEJA BROWN EXPLAINS THE NATIONAL EFFORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PATROL THE ROADWAYS. WE WANT DRIVERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU’RE NOT WEARING A SEATBELT, YOU’RE IN THE MINORITY. WITH SUMMER AROUND THE CORNER, GREGORY FISHER WITH THE LOUISIANA HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMISSION WARNS US THE HIGHWAYS WILL BE PACKED AND YOU NEED TO DO YOUR PART TO KEEP YOURSELF AND OTHERS SAFE. ACCORDING TO OUR OUR LATEST OBSERVATIONAL SURVEY, WE KNOW THAT LESS THAN 15% OF LOUISIANA DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS ARE WEARING OR NOT WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS. 57% OF PEOPLE KILLED IN NIGHTTIME TRAFFIC CRASHES IN 2022 WERE NOT WEARING A SEATBELT. A TRULY PREVENTABLE STATISTIC. WE COULD HAVE SAVED ALMOST 400 LIVES IF EVERYONE WOULD WEAR THEIR SEATBELTS LAST YEAR, AND THAT’S A HUGE NUMBER, SO IT’S A BIG DEAL. AND THAT’S WHY OFFICIALS ACROSS THE STATE ARE JOINING FORCES LAUNCHING THEIR CLICK IT OR TICKET CAMPAIGN IN A NATIONAL EFFORT TO SAVE LIVES BY REMINDING PEOPLE TO BUCKLE UP AND MAKE SURE THAT IT’S THE FIRST THING THAT YOU DO WHEN YOU GET GET IN YOUR CAR. IT REALLY IS SUCH AN EASY THING, FISHER SAYS. IT STARTS WITH EDUCATION AND LEARNING THAT LIFE SAVING INFORMATION CAN BE FUN. SO OUR ROAD PATROL CREW PUT OUR WDSU COLLEAGUES TO THE TEST AND ON THE CLOCK, GIVING THEM SIX SECONDS TO ANSWER SOME SEATBELT STATISTICS. WE’RE PUTTING OUR WDSU COLLEAGUES TO THE TEST WITH SOME SEATBELT SAFETY TIPS, SO LET’S SEE WHAT THEY KNOW. COME ON, FOLLOW ME. FIRST QUESTION HOW OFTEN DO YOU WEAR YOUR SEATBELT? EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY, EVERY TIME I GET IN THE CAR. THE FIRST STATE TO IMPLEMENT WEARING A SEATBELT. GEORGIA INC., OHIO AND COME ON, DAMON, UTAH. NEW YORK. CORRECT IT. THAT IS CORRECT. DO YOU WANT TO GO TWO FOR TWO? TWO FOR TWO. OKAY. SEATBELTS BECAME MANDATORY IN WHAT YEAR? 1968? 1941,. 1975 OR 1972? I’M GOING TO GO WITH 1972. IT WAS NEW YORK IN THE YEAR 1968 AND THE YEAR 2022. HOW MANY LIVES WERE SAVED BY WEARING SEATBELTS? I’M GONNA GIVE YOU A HINT. YOU GET THREE GUESSES,. 255,000 317,000 268,000 OR 100,000, UH, 268,000. THE THREE NUMBER. OKAY. I WAS GOING TO SAY THE THREE NUMBER TWO. OH MY GOODNESS. I GAVE YOU ALL A WINK. I SAID 255,000 WITH ADDED TRAFFIC. WE WANT PEOPLE TO JUST DO THE SIMPLEST THING THAT THEY CAN FOR THEMSELVES A