This Thanksgiving,
Law Enforcement Reminds Drivers to Click It or
Ticket
Abingdon, VA—This Thanksgiving, State and Local Law Enforcement across the country are teaming up with
the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration on a high-visibility Click
It or Ticket campaign to work toward reducing the number of fatalities that
occur when vehicle passengers fail to buckle up.
Thanksgiving is
one of the busiest travel times of the year. With millions of Americans on the
road en route to visit friends and family for the Thanksgiving holiday, it is
more essential than ever to ensure all vehicle passengers are buckled up. With
more vehicles on the roads, the chances of being involved in a vehicle crash
increase greatly. For this reason, law enforcement will be patrolling the
streets, looking for unbuckled passengers. If they spot you, they will pull you
over and issue a ticket.
The Click It or Ticket campaign is designed
to save lives by making sure all Abingdon, VA drivers and passengers get the message to wear their seat belts.
The campaign combines powerful messages about seat belt safety with increased
patrolling for all unbuckled motorists.
During the 2016 Thanksgiving weekend (6 p.m. Wednesday, November 23, to
5:59 a.m. Monday, November 28), 341 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes
nationwide. Tragically, 49 percent of those killed were unbuckled, representing
a decrease in seat belt use compared to the same weekend in 2015, when 52
percent of those killed in traffic crashes were unrestrained. Nighttime proved
even more deadly, with 55 percent of Thanksgiving weekend crashes occurring at
night. Much like drunk driving, these deaths represent needless tragedies for
families across America. These deaths could have been completely prevented with
the simple click of a seat belt.
For
more information about traveling safely this Thanksgiving, please visit www.nhtsa.gov/campaign/click-it-or-ticket.
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