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Click It or Ticket Campaign
Indiana State Police will
show zero tolerance
Indiana- As the
unofficial start of summer, the Memorial Day holiday weekend is a busy time for
Americans. Each year, the highways fill with families in vehicles, on their way
to start their summer vacations. To help keep drivers and passengers stay safe,
the Indiana State Police is reminding motorists to Click It or Ticket. Aimed at enforcing seat belt use to help keep
families safe, the national seat belt campaign will take place May 21 through
June 3, concurrent with the busy travel season.
“Buckling up is something that should become second nature,”
said Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter. “Besides that. Buckling
up is the law. The consequences of not buckling up is real and can include the
loss of life. Often, this tragedy could have been prevented with the use of a
seat belt. No excuses, buckle up!”
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, nearly half (48%) of the passenger vehicle occupants killed in
crashes in 2016 were unrestrained. At night from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., that
number soared to 56 percent of those killed. That’s why one focus of the Click It or Ticket campaign is nighttime
enforcement. Participating law enforcement agencies will be taking a no-excuses
approach to seat belt law enforcement, writing citations day and night. In
Indiana, the maximum penalty for a seat belt violation is $25.00.
“In 2016, almost twice as many males were killed in crashes
as compared to females, with lower belt use rates, too. Of the males killed in
crashes in 2016, more than half (52%) were unrestrained. For females killed in
crashes, 40 percent were not buckled up.
“If you know a friend or a family member who does not buckle
up when they drive or ride, please ask them to consider changing their habits,”
said Indiana State Police First Sergeant Rich Myers. “Help us spread this life-saving
message before a friend or family member is killed as a result of this
senseless inaction. Seat belts save lives, and everyone—front seat and back,
child and adult—needs to remember to buckle up—every trip, every time.”
For more information on the Click It or Ticket mobilization, please visit www.nhtsa.gov/ciot.
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