- May 5, 2024
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The following is adapted from the release by the Flagler County Sheriff's Office:
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office will join local and national law enforcement officers and highway safety advocates all across the country for the 2011 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign that runs through June 5.
During the mobilization, officers will be cracking down on motorists who fail to wear their seat belts — both day and night.
Because nighttime passenger vehicle occupants are among those least likely to buckle up and most likely to die in crashes when unrestrained, nighttime enforcement has become a priority of the Click It or Ticket mobilization. Of those who died in nighttime crashes in 2009, 62% were not wearing seat belts at the time of their fatal crashes.
In 2009, 11,593 passenger vehicle occupants died in motor vehicle crashes nationwide between the nighttime hours of 6 p.m. and 5:59 a.m., according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
High-visibility enforcement such as the Click It or Ticket mobilization is credited with increasing the national belt usage rate from 58% in 1994 to an observed usage rate of 85% in 2010. Belt use saves thousands of lives each year across America. In 2009 alone, seat belts saved 12,713 lives nationwide.
“If law enforcement finds you on the road unbuckled anytime or anywhere, you can expect to get a ticket — not a warning. No excuses and no exceptions,” said Cpl. Chris Ragazzo, FCSO mobilization chairman.
