‘Click it or Ticket’ campaign under way

The News Tribune

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Through June 3, the Jefferson City Police Department will join with law enforcement around the state for an aggressive national “Click It or Ticket” mobilization to crack down on Missouri's safety belt law violators and to reduce highway fatalities.

Seven out of 10 people killed in Missouri traffic crashes are unbuckled, authorities say.

Missouri's seat belt use also has remained relatively unchanged in the last six years. At 76 percent, it is well below the national average of 85 percent.

Among those least likely to buckle up are teens and pickup truck drivers who only buckle up 66 and 61 percent of the time, respectively.

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jeffcitymo 12 months ago

Getting a little tired of reading these stories every six months or so. "Across the state, police officers are cracking down on drivers not wearing seat belts."

Per Missouri law, NO driver can be pulled over for not wearing a seat belt. If an officer pulls a driver over, for simply not wearing a seat belt, then that officer is breaking the law.

herekitty 12 months ago

I had a cousin who was murdered by his seat belt (per the HP report). A former brother-in-law that is now disabled DUE to a seat belt (per his workmans comp doctors). Up to then he would not drive 2 blocks without his belt on. Now he refuses to wear one and carries his doctors statement. What happen to our Freedom of choice. Whats next, being told how many times a year that you and your spouse can make love. Or made to pay a tax fee for each time you Kiss them. My grandfather always said that when it's your time to go it wouldn't matter if you where sitting in your rocking chair and praying, you'd pass-on.

Frankenstein27 12 months ago

These campaigns are basically LE's way of saying, "we don't like being constitutional restrictions on pulling people over, so we will invent reasons to pull people over to sidestep prohibitions on unreasonable searches."

How about we see LE start actually doing their jobs on the roadways? Count how many cars you see this weekend dangerously tailgating. If you really want to reduce highway fatalities, enforce existing following-distance laws. A safe following distance is the difference between a accident-free swerve, and a deadly 10 car pile up. Following distance isn't just about giving you time to react to what occurs, it's also to give the guy behind you the time to react to your reaction. Give the guy in front of you some space. Please.