MONROE - Green County will join hundreds of law enforcement agencies throughout Wisconsin for the annual "Click It or Ticket" seatbelt enforcement mobilization May 20 to June 2.
Deputies "will be on the lookout day and night for unbuckled motorists," the Green County Sheriff's Department announced in a recent news release. "During the 'Click It or Ticket' mobilization and throughout the year, we stringently enforce Wisconsin's mandatory safety belt law to motivate people to buckle up every time they drive or ride in a vehicle."
About one in five motorists statewide does not buckle up, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. More than half the drivers and passengers killed in Wisconsin traffic crashes in 2011 were not wearing seatbelts. Last year, there were more than 100,000 convictions statewide for failure to fasten a seatbelt.
"Consistent safety belt use is the most effective protection against being ejected from a vehicle during a crash, or thrown around violently inside it and possibly hitting another person in the vehicle with massive force. Our officers take safety belt enforcement seriously in an effort to ultimately reduce the number of preventable traffic deaths in Wisconsin to zero," Lt. Karalee R. Phillips said in the release.
One extra officer will be scheduled during at least one shift daily during the mobilization, she said.
Deputies "will be on the lookout day and night for unbuckled motorists," the Green County Sheriff's Department announced in a recent news release. "During the 'Click It or Ticket' mobilization and throughout the year, we stringently enforce Wisconsin's mandatory safety belt law to motivate people to buckle up every time they drive or ride in a vehicle."
About one in five motorists statewide does not buckle up, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. More than half the drivers and passengers killed in Wisconsin traffic crashes in 2011 were not wearing seatbelts. Last year, there were more than 100,000 convictions statewide for failure to fasten a seatbelt.
"Consistent safety belt use is the most effective protection against being ejected from a vehicle during a crash, or thrown around violently inside it and possibly hitting another person in the vehicle with massive force. Our officers take safety belt enforcement seriously in an effort to ultimately reduce the number of preventable traffic deaths in Wisconsin to zero," Lt. Karalee R. Phillips said in the release.
One extra officer will be scheduled during at least one shift daily during the mobilization, she said.