Click It or Ticket

Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office Joins Click It or Ticket

To Crack Down on Seat Belt Use in an Effort to Increase Use

Pulaski County-will join local and national law enforcement officers and highway safety advocates all across Virginia and the country for the 2011 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization.

During the mobilization, law enforcement throughout the Commonwealth will be cracking down on motorists who fail to obey all traffic laws-including seat belt and child safety seat use-both day and night.

Virginia has seen steady decline in traffic related fatalities, however, preliminary data from 2010 indicates that there were a total of 740 fatalities, of those, 314 were not restrained at the time of the crash. 

Pick up truck occupants have been proven to be less likely to buckle up than any other class of vehicle.  In a 2010 Seat Belt Use Observational Survey conducted by Old Dominion University, the average seat belt use rate of pick up truck occupants was 71.4 percent as compared to the state use rate of 80.5 percent.

“We need to continue to make the case that seat belts really do work,” said Sheriff Jim Davis.  “We will do that by hitting the roads and enforcing all traffic laws 24/7, no excuses, no warnings, and we will be paying particular attention to seat belt use. ”

Remember this May 22 to June 6:  It’s Click It or Ticket.  Buckle up and encourage your loved ones to do the same.  You’ll save the cost of a ticket and may even save a life.