May 5, 2 015
Press
Release
The Los Alamitos
Police Department would like to remind the motoring public to Click It or Ticket. As part of the
national seat belt enforcement campaign, law enforcement agencies across the
country will be stepping up enforcement efforts between the dates of May 18 –
31. The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration reports that nearly half of the 21,132 passenger vehicle occupants
killed in 2013 were unrestrained. Additionally,
between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. the percentage of people killed while
unrestrained rose to 59%.
Even though Californians
have a seat belt usage rate of nearly 97%, statistics show that 500
unrestrained vehicle occupants died in 2013, and almost twice as many males
were killed as compared to females. Memorial
Day Weekend and the start of the summer travel season will be here soon. With that in mind, the Los Alamitos Police
Department wants to make sure the motoring public is buckling up and doing the one
best thing that may save them in a traffic accident.