The Ohio State Highway Patrol is joining forces with law enforcement agencies in six other states to enforce and raise awareness of safety belt use.

The 6-State Trooper Project runs from November 9th through November 16th.

The highway patrol says there’s no excuse to not buckle up every time you get into a vehicle.

The highway patrol says, last year, 457 people died in crashes on Ohio roads in which they didn’t use a seat belt when one was available.

A Findlay man recently joined the highway patrol’s Saved by the Belt club and you can read about that here.