Washingtonville News
Washingtonville Launches “Click It or Ticket”
to Help Save Lives
Enforcement Blitz Buckling Down on Those Not Buckled Up – Day and Night.
to Help Save Lives
More than 15,000 passenger vehicle occupants died in traffic crashes between the nighttime hours of 6:00 p.m. and 5:59 a.m. during 2005, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) – and 59 percent of those passenger vehicle occupants killed were NOT wearing their seat belts at the time of the fatal crash.
The proportion of unbuckled deaths at night is considerably higher than the nearly as alarming 44 percent of passenger vehicle occupants who were not wearing their seats belts and were killed during daytime hours across the nation that same year.
That’s why Washingtonville Police Department announced today they are joining with state and local law enforcement and highway safety officials during mid-May through Memorial Day to launch an aggressive national “Click It or Ticket” seat belt enforcement mobilization to crack down on low seat belt use and to reduce highway fatalities – with a new emphasis this year on convincing more motorists to buckle up – day and night.