PRESS RELEASE:
222 Main Street Lieutenant Heather Desmond
Middletown, CT 06457 Email: HDesmond@middletownctpolice.com
Phone: 860-638-4011
Middletown Police Department
222 Main Street Lieutenant Heather Desmond
Middletown, CT 06457 Email: HDesmond@middletownctpolice.com
Phone: 860-638-4011
Fax: 860-343-8022
2013 CLICK IT OR TICKET
Middletown Police Department
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 17, 2013
Click It or Ticket to Boost Seat Belt Use – Day and Night
Middletown, CT 2013 High-Visibility Enforcement Campaign Begins May 20, 2013 -June 2, 2013
Middletown, CT- As motorists take to the roads this Memorial Day holiday, Middletown Police are urging everyone to buckle up. Beginning May 20, 2013 law enforcement officials will be out in full force, taking part in the 2013 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization and cracking down on motorists who are not belted.
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 52 percent of the 21,253 passenger vehicle occupants killed in 2011 were not wearing their seat belts at the time of the crash. As noted, deaths involving seat belt nonuse are more prevalent at night than during the daytime. According to NHTSA, 62 percent of the 10,135 passenger vehicle occupants killed in 2011 during the overnight hours of 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. were not wearing their seat belts at the time of the crash.
In 2011, seat belts saved an estimated 11,949 lives nationwide according to NHTSA. While this year’s Click It or Ticket enforcement mobilization runs from May 20 through June 2, officers are out enforcing seat belt laws year-round.
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