Crime & Safety

Police Continue Click It or Ticket Efforts

The last half of the month will be dedicated to enforcing safety belt usage.

from the Lisle Police Department

will join state and local law enforcement officers for the 2011 Click It or Ticket safety belt enforcement campaign, which began Nov. 15. During the campaign, which ends Nov. 30, officers will be cracking down both day and night on motorists who fail to wear their safety belt.

Because nighttime passenger vehicle occupants are among those least likely to buckle up and therefore more likely to die in motor vehicle crashes, nighttime enforcement has become a priority of the Click It or Ticket campaign. Of those who died nationwide in nighttime crashes in 2009, nearly two-thirds (62 percent) were not wearing a safety belt at the time of their fatal crash.

Nationwide in 2009, 11,593 passenger vehicle occupants died in motor vehicle crashes between the hours of 6 p.m. and 5:59 a.m., according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). There were 30 fatalities and 757 injuries in Illinois over the 2009 Memorial Day weekend.

Many more nighttime traffic deaths can be prevented if more motorists simply start wearing their safety belts. That is why Lisle Police Department is strongly supporting enhanced nighttime enforcement of safety belt laws during the November 15-30, 2011, Click It or Ticket campaign.

High-visibility enforcement such as the Click It or Ticket campaign is credited with increasing the Illinois safety belt usage rate from 70.2 percent in 2000 to an observed daytime usage rate of 92.6 percent in 2010. Safety belt use has saved thousands of lives each year across America. In 2009 alone, safety belts saved 12,713 lives nationwide. Data from the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Division of Traffic Safety indicates more than 4000 lives have been saved since Illinois’ Click It or Ticket campaign kicked-off in 2000.

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.

Remember this November 15 to November 30: It is Click It or Ticket. Buckle up and encourage your loved ones to do the same. You will save the cost of a ticket and may even save a life.

For more information about the Click It or Ticket campaign please visit www.buckleupillinois.org.


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