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Click it or Ticket
Date Posted:	2/4/2010 2:34:27 PM
Bulletin Number:	10-12
DR Number:	10-12
Announcement:	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sgt. Pete Pressnall 818-548-3131 GET HOME SAFELY BY BUCKLING UP Glendale, Calif. – Make sure everyone in the family get home safely by buckling your seat belt every trip, day and night. That’s the message that Glendale Police is telling drivers as part of the February 2010 Click It or Ticket mobilization. Officers will be out in force looking for anyone – driver, passenger or child – not properly restrained. Given the years of public awareness campaigns, including hundreds of Click It or Ticket highway signs, no warnings will be given out. The Click It or Ticket campaign relies on heavy enforcement and education as a means to help save lives on California’s roadways. “There is absolutely no question that seat belts save lives,” said Chief Ronald L. DePompa. “Buckling up will not only save you a heavy fine, it can also save your life.” Currently California has a seat belt usage rate of 95.4 percent, but that still means over 1.5 million people in the state are not buckling up. Properly restrained drivers, passengers and children have a 50 percent better chance of surviving a crash than unbelted occupants. Those ejected from vehicles in crashes or roll-overs are up to 35 times more likely to die than restrained occupants. “There are no excuses. Nothing is worth risking the lives of you or your family,” said Christopher J. Murphy, Director of the California Office of Traffic Safety. “This should be the season of joy and thanksgiving, not tragedy.” More than 175 local law enforcement agencies statewide and the CHP will be participating in this year’s Click It or Ticket mobilization. Funding to support California’s Click It or Ticket campaign was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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