Newark Police Department to Participate In the “Click It or Ticket” Seat Belt Awareness Campaign
Using seat belts and child safety seats is the number one best thing you can do to survive a crash!
It only takes two seconds to buckle up. Two seconds! And those two seconds could literally save your life. They will also keep you from getting a ticket and a fine.
Law enforcement throughout California including the Newark Police Department will be looking for drivers and passengers who don’t buckle up during the “Click it or Ticket” seat belt campaign. They will be on the lookout for drivers and passengers - including passengers in the back seat, day and night. The campaign runs May 18 through May 31, 2015.
“Click it or Ticket” debuted in California in 2005, and since then the state’s seat belt use rate has increased from 92.5 percent in 2005 to a record high of 96.6 percent in 2011, representing over 1.5 million more vehicle occupants who have started buckling up.
The minimum ticket cost of an adult seat belt violation in California is $142 and up, and a minimum of $445 for not properly restraining a child under 16. If the parent is not in the car, the driver gets the ticket.
So when you load up the family for a road trip, a trek across town or just driving to school or work, please do so safely – every trip, every time, day and night. Don’t put your own life at risk, or the life of your family or friends. Buckle up.
Day or Night "“Click it or Ticket”
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California’s “Click it or Ticket” Seat Belt Enforcement Campaign Facts and Figures:
• California’s 2012 seat belt use rate is 95.5 percent – slightly lower than the all-time high of 96.6 percent in 2011, an all-time high and well above the national average of 86 percent.
• Since the Click It or Ticket campaign began in California in 2005, it is estimated that more than 1.5 million more motorists in the state have begun buckling up regularly.
• The cost for a seat belt violation in California for unbuckled vehicle occupants over age 16 is a minimum of $161, higher in some counties. (California Department of Motor Vehicles).
• When children under age six are not properly secured in a vehicle, the parent or driver can receive ‘one point’ on their driving record, in addition to a ticket of $490 on a first offense. If the parent is not in the car, the driver gets the ticket (DMV).
• Seat belt use saves thousands of lives across America each year. In 2011 alone, seat belts saved an estimated 11,949 lives nationwide.
• In fatal crashes during 2011, 77 percent of passenger vehicle occupants who were thrown from their vehicles were killed. However, only 1 percent of crash victims who were buckled up were totally ejected from their vehicles, compared to 31 percent of those who were unbelted.
• Motorists are 75 percent less likely to be killed in a rollover crash if they are buckled up.
• In 2011, of the 21,253 passenger vehicle occupants who were killed in motor vehicle crashes nationwide, 52 percent were NOT wearing seat belts at the time of their fatal crashes.
• From 2007-2011, 53 percent of the 121,507 passenger vehicle occupants killed in crashes were unrestrained.
• Motorists should buckle up every time they go out, both day and night. Law enforcement agencies across the country are prepared to ticket anyone not buckled up…no warnings and no excuses. Click It or Ticket.
Sources: California data provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). National data provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Address/Location
Newark Police Department CA
37101 Newark Blvd
Newark, CA 94560
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 510-578-4237