Click It Or Ticket

Safety belt enforcement is not about writing tickets, but about saving lives. There have been many incidents where an officer issued a citation to someone who wasn’t buckled up or didn’t have his or her child properly fastened in a child safety seat — only to have that person or child survive a serious crash shortly after the ticket was issued. Teens are at the greatest risk of being killed or injured in traffic crashes. In 2005, 3,322 teens were killed in motor vehicles crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This is nine teens a day. Many of these deaths could easily be prevented by the consistent use of safety belts. Sixty-five percent of the young people who were killed in motor vehicle crashes were not wearing a safety belt. According to NHTSA, 31,693 passenger vehicle occupants nationally died in traffic crashes during 2004, 55 percent of those killed were not wearing their safety belts at the time of the crash.

Whittier Police Officers are enforcing seat belt laws as part of the Click It Or Ticket campaign. If you are stopped without a seat belt - you will be cited.