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Get the App!
Need daily reminders or want to take part in the daily pledge to buckle up and put your phone down? We have an app that has the ability to send you notifications at the same time each day to make buckling up and putting the phone down a habit.
- Download TestFlight on your iPhone
- Use the QR code to take you to the Sioux Falls BUPD app for download.
We're looking for Sioux Falls-based incentives from businesses for using the app... so come back to check soon!
The Buckle Up Phone Down initiative is simple:
We want to create a safer Sioux Falls by decreasing the number of crashes that result in serious injuries and/or fatalities due to unrestrained and distracted drivers. We want to help you be prepared and aware when you drive your car.
How can you make an impact?
Take the Pledge
Simple. Take the pledge to put on your seatbelt and put down your phone when you drive so that your body and your attention stay where they need to be. Or, if you’re a passenger, encourage the person driving to wear their seatbelt and put their phone down.
Wear Your Seatbelt
Wearing a seatbelt is the single most effective thing you can do to protect yourself in a crash. Wearing it appropriately is the best defense you have against mitigating factors like other drivers, nature, road conditions, and accidents.
Put Your Phone Down
Wearing a seatbelt is the single most effective thing you can do to protect yourself in a crash. Wearing it appropriately is the best defense you have against mitigating factors like other drivers, nature, road conditions, and accidents.
Spread the word
Are you a business or organization? You can also help by introducing this initiative to your staff, enacting policies that require drivers to wear their seatbelts and put their phones down and sharing this initiative through social media—and we make it easy to do all of that! Just click here!
Committed to a Safer Sioux Falls?
Help us Spread the Word!
BUPD Starter Kit
Download the BUPD Starter Kit that includes talking points, social media posts, and sample news release!
#WhyIBUPD Winner's Circle
Because I respect the country and I want to help children
Community Education, Driver's Ed wants everyone to be safe so buckle up & put the phone down!
Brandon Police support buckling up & phone down while driving!
BUPD because it is the safe thing to do.
Because I can't drive yet but I ride my bike and ride in the car and want me and my friends and everyone to be safe.
BUPD, don't miss a minute of basketball action!
LifeScape supports BUPD for the Children
Live to Ride
So I can ride!
I want to live long and keep learning!
I BUPD for the kiddos! Sue King - Tender Tot Daycare
Cycling is an important part of many people's lives. From recreation to transportation, getting on a bike instead of a car has many advantages for our communities as well as the individual. We need to change our behaviors in a way that makes those that are vulnerable more safe.
Greg Kneip ~ I want people to make it home safely!
Corolla ~ I BUPD for our wonderful kids and amazing grands 
Amani
Benjamin Kpanaku ~ I do not want to risk my life or anyone else’s life!
Teresa Schlup
Jamie Bartell
Emily Pogue
Susie Buck
Tianna Rotert
Harlie Dixon - To create a safe environment for many other people around me, AND myself!
Juan Diego - So I don't make mistakes while driving
Take the Pledge
Take pledge to buckle up and put your phone down so that you can be prepared and aware for a safer Sioux Falls. Then share your stories, photos, and videos via social media using the hashtags #WhyIBUPD, #WeBUPD, #SFBUPDChallenge, #SFBUPD. Take the pledge. Share the responsibility. Let’s make a positive impact in our community!