Nevada’s Joining Forces multi-county law enforcement program is launching its “Click it or Ticket” education effort alongside the nationwide effort to encourage motorists to strap on their seat belts.
Between Nov. 13 and Dec. 2, law enforcement officers will fan out across Nevada in search of motorists who are not buckled up. Although seat belt use is not a primary offense in Nevada, seat belts are proven to be a primary factor in decreasing fatalities in a crash.
Officers are well trained and experienced in detecting drivers who try to “fake it” or slyly slip on their seat belts upon being pulled over.
Their message, don’t fake it, buckle up day and night. Nevada statistics show that between 2007 and 2011, nearly a third (64 percent) of fatalities and serious injury crashes involving unbelted occupants occurred at night.
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office in cooperation with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in Joining Forces during the month of November for the Click it or Ticket campaign, said Carson City Sheriff’s Sgt. Scott McDaniel.
Deputies will be issuing citations to those who are found not to be wearing their seat belts when stopped for a traffic offense. Day or night you should wear your seatbelt. Funding for this event is provided by the Office of Traffic Safety and is used to pay for additional deputies who will be assigned to Joining Forces.
Nationwide, if vehicle occupants ages 5 and older wore their seatbelts, some 3,031 lives could have been saved in 2012. That is nearly twice the lives lost on the Titanic. Go here for more information.
