The La Porte City Police announced today the completion of the national and statewide 2017 Click It or Ticket enforcement mobilization campaign. During the 24 day enforcement period, 130 tickets were written for lack of seat belt usage within City of La Porte. Of the 130, ten tickets were written for Child Restraint Violations with 6 Project Love Vouchers handed out. All told, 168 citations and 173 warnings were issued by officers working extra patrols during the blitz period which ran from May 12 – June 4.
“Seat belts simply save lives,” said Capt. Pat Hemphill. “The importance of wearing your seat belt is a priority, and this campaign expresses this message as well as making it a year-long reminder for all drivers and their occupants.”
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2016, 90.1 percent of drivers and passengers across the nation were wearing seat belts. Additionally, NHTSA statistics show in 2015 alone, seat belts saved an estimated 13,941 lives nationwide. In Indiana, in 2016, Indiana’s seat belt usage was 92.4 percent for all passenger vehicles.
“The cooperative agency commitment throughout the state with the “Click It or Ticket” campaign to encourage motorists to wear their seat belts is vital to traffic safety,” said Indiana Criminal Justice Institute Director, Dave Murtaugh. “I am appreciative of the efforts of all the participating agencies to confirm Indiana’s commitment for safer roadways.”
Click It or Ticket is an annual enforcement effort supported by federal highway safety funding. The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute distributes funding to more than 250 participating Indiana law enforcement agencies.
For more information regarding the Click It or Ticket enforcement mobilization campaign, please visit: http://www.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/ciot/index.html. To learn more about the La Porte Police Department, please visit: www.cityoflaporte.com/137/Police