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Buckling Down on Safety Belt Law
‘Click it or Ticket’ campaign
to yield increased enforcement May 14-June 3
By
Allison Jean Eaton
Bulletin
Staff Writer
You
better buckle up.
Beginning Monday, May 14, both the Sheriff’s and the Municipal Law
Enforcement Services (MLES) departments will be zeroing in on a state law
requiring all passengers in a moving vehicle to wear their seat belts.
According to Planning and Economic Development Director Joseph Lim,
the city recently received its annual allocation of grant funding from
the state to conduct the seat belt enforcement campaign, an annual activity.
The California Office of Transportation Safety has allotted the Hub
City a “Click it or Ticket” mini-grant just shy of $25,000
to cover costs of the stepped-up activities, according to a staff report.
The funds will be used to cover personnel overtime costs.
The campaign will run through Sunday, June 3.
The Click-it-or-Ticket program aims to increase safety belt use statewide
by 93.7 percent through the combined efforts of Highway Patrol, the Office
of Traffic Safety and local law enforcement agencies. It aims to do so
both with its public information campaign as well as the issuing of tickets
to violators.
According to the state vehicle code, as of Jan. 1, 2004, the fine
for not wearing a seatbelt more than tripled. A first offense will cost
offenders from $75 to $150, according to the Sheriff’s Department,
and drivers can be held liable if a passenger is not wearing his or her
belt.
The Sheriff’s Department will focus on seat belt compliance with
saturation patrols, enforcement zones or a combination of both, officials
said.
Lim said the increased enforcement takes place annually.
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