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Greenville Police
Department Joins Click lt or Ticket
To Crack 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 2017 national Clicle It or Ticket seat belt
enforcement mobilization, May 22-Iune 4, 2017 .
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 drivingtoday? There are loads of new safefy
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,2,8A4 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 of90 percent
in2A16, up from about 83 percent a decade ago. That's progress-but it
also means that every day, rnillions 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 l5 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 rnaking a special effort to hand out tickets for failing to
buckle up between May 22 and June 4.
ACCREDITED AGENCY
Seat belts are the single most effective safety technolagy in the
history of the automobile. A NHTSA study of lives saved by vehicle
technologies found that. between 1960 and 2A12, seat belts saved more
lives-329,715" to be exact-than all other vehicle technologies
combined, including air bags, energy-absorbing steering assemblies, and
electrcnic 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 lt orTicket violators
around the clock. Local motorists should be prepared to buckle up, lf
law enforcement finds you on the road unbuckled anytime or anywhere,
you can expecto get a ticket - not a warning. No excuses and no
exceptions," said Chief Butts.
While this year's Ctick lt or Ticketenforcement mobilization runs
through June 1st, 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 22 - June 4,2017.
"lt's simple - safety belts save lives and reduce injury in crashes,"
said John Born, Director, Ohio Department of Public Safety. "lt is the
easiest thing you can do to protect yourself, your family and your
friends."
Remember this May 22nd to June 4th: lt's Click lt 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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