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Click It or Ticket |
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Getting ready
for "Click It or Ticket" (from left) lt. D. Bastinck, Chief E. Rose,
P.O. T. Franco, P.O. M. Wyka, P.O. J. Mecionis, Capt. J. Cook, and P.O.
P. Donohue |
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The
goal of the effort is to boost the State's 90% safety belt use rate and
reduce motor vehicle fatalities.
Motor vehicle
crashes continue to be the leading cause of death for
people aged 15 to 34 in the United States. The past few years have shown an
increase in safety belt use, but more must be done to sustain and improve
on these gains.
Safety
belt use saves lives and prevents injuries. Between 1975 and 2000, safety
belts prevented 135,000 fatalities and 3.8 million injuries, saving $585
billion in medical and other costs. If all vehicle occupants had used
safety belts during that period.
Because
we've seen first hand the severe injury and death that often result from
not wearing a safety belt, the Fair Lawn Police Department will be showing
zero tolerance for anyone not buckled up. Unless you want to risk a
ticket, or worse, your life, remember to wear your seatbelt.
These
"Click It or Ticket"
efforts are an effective tool in raising safety belt use rates. The combination of active
law enforcement, coupled with paid advertising and the support of
government agencies, local schools, community organizations and others,
continues to be an extremely effective means for increasing safety belt
use and saving lives across the country. |
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