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Warwick Police join in crackdown on seat belt use

Posted 3/12/13

The Warwick Police Department will join local law enforcement officers and highway safety advocates for a Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization starting March 18 and running through …

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Warwick Police join in crackdown on seat belt use

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The Warwick Police Department will join local law enforcement officers and highway safety advocates for a Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization starting March 18 and running through the 24th.

During the mobilization, officers will ticket motorists who fail to wear their seat belts, both day and night.

With proper seat belt use, research shows that the risk of fatal injury to front seat passenger car occupants is reduced by 45 percent, and the risk of moderate to serious injury is reduced by 50 percent.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), seat belts saved more than 12,500 lives nationwide in 2010 alone.

Nationally in 2010, 51 percent of the 22,187 passenger vehicle occupants who were killed in motor vehicle crashes were not wearing seat belts at the time of their fatal crashes.

We can’t stop now— the national Click It Or Ticket mobilizations have increased seat belt use and saved lives, but there is still much more to do. Highly visible enforcement and greater public awareness can turn thousands of lives lost into many more lives saved. 

“That’s why the Warwick Police Department is strongly supporting the Click It Or Ticket mobilization March 18th to 24th,” said Lieutenant Michael Gilbert. “We will be out in force to remind drivers and occupants to always wear their seat belts, both day and night.”

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  • sconnors109

    Stupid law. Telling grown people to buckle up. Get the speeders instead.

    Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Report this

  • fenceman

    Why dont the police crack down on theDPW theft? Do some real police work.

    Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Report this