make our roads safer

Sioux Falls we challenge you. Buckle Up, Phone Down!

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.

  1. Download TestFlight on your iPhone
  2. 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! 

Become a Policy Partner

Want to take it a step farther and create a BUPD policy for your company? Not only will we add your logo to our Policy Partner page but we’ll also scroll it across our home page! 

Become a Policy Partner

Host a Pledge Day

Pledge days are designed to help you market your choice to take the pledge as a business or organization and generate traffic to your location.

Host a Pledge Day

#WhyIBUPD Winner's Circle

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!