Policy Strategists, LLC

Campaigns for safety belt safety

April, 2005

“People”

Policy Strategists. LLC campaigns for safety belt safety.

The two practicing nurses who run the Massachusetts-based US lobbying firm Policy Strategists in Boston are aiming to get a bill into the state’s legislation which would make it compulsory for people to wear seatbelts.

Gloria Craven and Stacey Ober are pushing the National Safety Council's initiative to ensure that primary legislation makes it illegal not to wear a seatbelt. Currently, secondary legislation means that a person can been fined if they are stopped for another offense, such as speeding, and are found not be wearing a seatbelt. But drivers and passengers, other than those under the age of 12 can otherwise drive without a belt on.