A statewide survey of high school students indicates that efforts to educate Wyoming youths about drinking and driving appear to have made progress in the last two years. But the Youth Risk Behavior Survey released this week also shows that getting them to buckle up has been less successful. This year, 11.7% of high school students surveyed said they drove a vehicle recently when they had been drinking alcohol. That's down from 13% in 2009 and is the lowest since the survey started asking the question in 1995. However, 15.8% of high school students said they never or rarely wore a seat belt when riding in a car. That is down slightly from 16.5% in 2009 but higher than in 2005 and 2007.
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