Results of Seat Belt Enforcement Released by Maplewood Police

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The participated in the national "Click It or Ticket" mobilization conducted on Friday.

During the enforcement effort, officers issued a total number of 13 traffic tickets, including two seat belt tickets, four speeding tickets, one violation of a railroad signal and six other traffic violations.

"Seat belts are your single best defense in a crash," stated Stephen Kruse, chief of the Maplewood Police Department. "Law enforcement will continue to encourage drivers to make a simple, smart choice to buckle up and arrive alive."

Seven 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 76 percent seat belt use, which is well below the national average of 85 percent.

Teens are pick-up truck drivers are among those least likely to buckle up at 66 and 61 percent.