“Click It or Ticket” campaign
DATE AND TIME OF INCIDENT: May 21, 2018 thru June 3, 2018
TYPE OF INCIDENT: “Click It or Ticket” campaign
LOCATION OF INCIDENT: County of Berrien
AGENCIES INVOLVED:
#1: Berrien County Sheriff’s Office
#2: Bridgman City Police Department
#3: New Buffalo City Police Department
#4: Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety
#5: Saint Joseph City Department of Public Safety
NARRATIVE:
The annual two week “Click it or Ticket” campaign is scheduled for May 21, 2018
thru June 3, 2018 and the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office, the Bridgman City
Police Department, the New Buffalo City Police Department, the Saint Joseph
City Department of Public Safety, and the Benton Harbor Department of Public
Safety will be stepping up seat belt enforcement as a way to increase seat belt
use, save lives, and reduce injuries.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), nearly
half (48 percent) of the passenger vehicle occupants killed in crashes in 2016
were unrestrained. Among young adults (18 to 34 years of age) killed in crashes
in 2016, more than half (57 percent) were unrestrained – one of the highest
percentages for all age groups.
As the Memorial Day holiday approaches and the busy summer vacation season
kicks off, we need to remind drivers and their passengers that doing one simple
thing can save them in a crash “Buckle Up” said Berrien County Sheriff’s Office
Chief Deputy Robert Boyce.
Not only is buckling up the law, but it also saves lives. Please remind everyone –
front seat and back seat passengers, children and adults – to buckle up every
time, on every trip.
During the 2017 Memorial Day holiday period, 10 people died in traffic crashes in
Michigan.
Michigan law requires drivers, front seat passengers and passengers 15 and
younger in any seating position to be buckled up. Children must be in a car seat
or booster seat until they are 8 years old or 4’9” tall. Children under 4 years of
age must be in the back seat.
The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning is coordinating the effort which
is supported by dedicated federal traffic safety funds.
