Crystal Lake PD Partners With IDOT To Enforce Click It Or Ticket Initiative

From Crystal Lake PD: The Crystal Lake Police Department is collaborating with the Illinois Department of Transportation to remind motorists to Click It or Ticket. The national seat-belt enforcement campaign will take place May 15 through May 30, concurrent with one of the busiest travel and holiday weekends of the year. The Crystal Lake Police Department will staff additional officers in support of the Click It or Ticket campaign, dedicated to enforcing seatbelt and child safety-seat violations.

The most recent crash data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that 43 percent of vehicle occupants killed in crashes in 2015 were unrestrained.

The percentage of fatalities increased to 57 when examining crashes that occurred between 6pm and 6am. This is why one focus of the Click It or Ticket campaign is nighttime enforcement. Participating law enforcement agencies will be taking a no- excuses approach, writing citations day and night. Motorists caught not buckled up will be ticketed, and those caught driving impaired will be arrested.

Federal grant money, administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation, will pay for the Crystal Lake Police Department’s Memorial Day Holiday Period enforcement efforts. For more information about Click It or Ticket or Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, please visit www.buckleupillinois.org.

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