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Greenville Police Joins Click It or Ticket
Cracking Down on Seat Belt Use, Especially at Night
Greenville, OH – The Greenville Police Department will join local and
national law enforcement officers and highway safety advocates all
across the country for the 2019 national Click It or Ticket seat belt
enforcement mobilization, May 20-June 2, 2019.
During the mobilization, officers will be cracking down on motorists
who fail to wear their seat belts – both day and night.
We’re all excited about the potential for automated vehicles to help
prevent crashes and save lives. They promise a far safer future on our
roads. But what about safer driving today? There are loads of new
safety features that help make crashes avoidable and more survivable.
But there’s one technology in today’s cars and trucks that is central
to safe driving: the seat belt.
You might not think of seat belts as a safety technology, but they’re
the foundation of safer driving. In 2015 alone, seat belts saved 13,941
lives. However, 2,804 additional lives could have been saved if
everyone had buckled up. That’s why NHTSA remains committed to
convincing every American to always buckle up.
Thanks to a combination of the enforcement of seat belt laws and public
awareness campaigns, seat belt use reached a record high of 90 percent
in 2016, up from about 83 percent a decade ago. That’s progress—but it
also means that every day, millions of people needlessly put their
lives at risk because they don’t buckle up.
Our annual Click It or Ticket national mobilization is one of our best
tools for increasing awareness and belt use. This year, it starts on
May 20th with advertising that explains the importance of wearing seat
belts and the dangers of not buckling up. If you don’t heed the
warnings and obey the law, they will be backed up by law enforcement,
who will be making a special effort to hand out tickets for failing to
buckle up between May 20th and June 2nd.
Seat belts are the single most effective safety technology in the
history of the automobile. A NHTSA study of lives saved by vehicle
technologies found that, between 1960 and 2012, seat belts saved more
lives—329,715, to be exact—than all other vehicle technologies
combined, including air bags, energy-absorbing steering assemblies, and
electronic stability control. Of course, seat belts have been available
much longer than many of the other safety features the study reviewed.
But they remain your first line of defense in a crash and your first
step toward safer driving.
Law enforcement will be cracking down on Click It or Ticket violators
around the clock. Local motorists should be prepared to buckle
up. “If law enforcement finds you on the road unbuckled anytime or
anywhere, you can expect to get a ticket — not a warning. No excuses
and no exceptions,” said Chief Strick.
While this year’s Click It or Ticket enforcement mobilization runs
through June 2nd officers and troopers will continue their zero
tolerance policy year-round when motorists are stopped for other
violations and are found to not be wearing their safety belt.
More than 900 law enforcement partners around Ohio, including the Ohio
State Highway Patrol, will be aggressively enforcing the law during the
mobilization, which runs May 20th – June 2nd, 2019.
“It’s simple - safety belts save lives and reduce injury in crashes,”
said John Born, Director, Ohio Department of Public Safety. “It is the
easiest thing you can do to protect yourself, your family and your
friends.”
Remember this May 20th to June 2nd: It’s Click It or Ticket. Buckle up
and encourage your loved ones to do the same. You’ll save the cost of a
ticket and may even save a life.
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