87 Police Departments Across Southeast Pennsylvania to Target Unbelted Drivers During Click It Or Ticket Mobilization

87 Police Departments Across Southeast Pennsylvania to Target Unbelted
Drivers During Click It Or Ticket Mobilization

5/16/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

Eighty-seven municipal police departments across southeast Pennsylvania and

Pennsylvania State Police will conduct seat belt enforcement activities as
part
of a statewide Click It Or Ticket mobilization which runs from May 16
through
June 5, and will include the Memorial holiday weekend.

Municipal police departments from Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery
counties will focus on roadways with high unbelted crashes, injuries and
deaths
by initiating a combination of enforcement and public awareness activities.


The enforcement, coupled with educational outreach efforts, aims to
increase
seat-belt use and raise awareness of the state's primary law stating all
vehicle occupants under 18 years old must wear a seat belt. Drivers and
front-seat passengers over 18 years old who are cited for another traffic
violation will receive a second ticket if they're unbuckled.

The enforcement is coordinated through PennDOT's Buckle Up PA program and
involves conducting seat-belt enforcement every month on roadways which
data
shows have low seat-belt use and high unbelted-crash rates. The effort
supplements major enforcement mobilizations in May and June, as well as the

Thanksgiving holiday during which PennDOT distributes $1.1 million
statewide in
federal enforcement funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.

Pennsylvania recorded another decrease in seat belt use in 2015 with an
observed rate of 83.6%. This is the lowest rate since 2005. The proper use
of a
seat belt can increase your chances of surviving a crash by up to 60
percent.

According to PennDOT data there were 3,440 crashes in Bucks, Chester,
Delaware,
Montgomery and Philadelphia counties in 2015 in which people were not
wearing
seat belts, with 64 people dying in those crashes.

For more information on PennDOT's seat belt efforts visit JustDrivePA.com.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by
visiting
www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides
traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and
access
to more than 770 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and
Android
devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional twitter alerts
accessible
on the 511PA website.

For regional updates follow PennDOT on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly,
and for additional updates follow the department on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentoftransportation and Instagram at
www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot.

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