The Montana Highway Patrol and all other law enforcement agencies across the state are being extra vigilant over the long 4th of July weekend, looking for those who may be driving drunk, impaired or otherwise distracted.
The Montana Highway Patrol calls it 'unrestrained', when someone is not wearing a seat belt, and it's the cause of nearly 70 percent of Montana's traffic fatalities.
After several fatal accidents in western Montana over the past weeks, Montana law enforcement authorities are reminding drivers about state seat belt statutes.
Seat belts definitely saved two lives today. At about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, two vehicles collided at the intersection of Old Highway 93 South and U.S. Highway 93 South just north of Trader Brothers.