Local law enforcement will be participating in the national Click It or Ticket campaign with an increased focus on motorists that fail to buckle up while on area roadways. The campaign will stretch from Monday to June 5, and comes before the Memorial Day weekend, which is statistically one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. According to research conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, while 88.5 percent of passenger vehicle occupants buckled up in 2015, almost 50 percent of occupants of fatal crashes nationwide are not restrained.
Renewed effort to remind people to buckle up for safety