The Jefferson City Police Department participated in the national Click It or Ticket campaign from May 19-June 1.
During the enforcement effort, officers issued 405 traffic tickets. The citations included: 62 seat belt tickets; four child-restraint tickets; 124 speeding tickets; seven driving while intoxicated arrests; eight red-light violations; 19 driving while suspended/revoked tickets; 16 driving without a valid driver's license tickets, which includes teen drivers who violate the restrictions of their intermediate license; 78 no-insurance tickets; three minor in possession citations; 84 other traffic tickets which include expired registration, fail to register a motor vehicle and failing to produce a driver license upon request when operating a motor vehicle.
Authorities said six out of 10 people killed in Missouri traffic crashes are unbuckled. Missouri's seat belt use has remained relatively unchanged in the last six years. Missouri has an 80 percent seat belt use, which is below the national average of 86 percent. Teens and pick-up truck drivers are among those least likely to buckle up at 67 percent and 63 percent, respectively.