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WOODWAY PSD: 2014 CLICK IT OR TICKET CAMPAIGN

NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 05/19/2014


Life Saving Click It or Ticket Mobilization Begins
Woodway PSD Kicks Off High Visibility Enforcement 05/19/2014

Woodway, Texas – Woodway Public Safety Department(WPSD) wants to remind motorists to Click It or Ticket. In order to enforce this reminder, WPSD will be stepping up enforcement beginning 05/19/2014.

WPSD's efforts are part of a larger, national Click It or Ticket mobilization that runs May 19 – June 1. As motorists take to the roads to celebrate the long Memorial Day weekend, law enforcement officials across the nation will be ensuring that everyone buckles up.

Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer vacation season, and we want to ensure that everyone arrives at their destination safe and sound. If you are not wearing your seat belt, you will be ticketed.

According to new data released from the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), fatalities are up nationwide for the first time in five years. In 2012, 10,335 people who were killed in motor vehicle crashes were not wearing their seat belts. NHTSA data also details how more traffic vehicle deaths occur at night. In 2012, 61 percent of passenger vehicle occupants killed during the nighttime hours of 6:00 p.m. – 5:59 a.m. were not wearing their seat belts.

For more information on the Click It or Ticket mobilization, please visit www.nhtsa.gov/ciot.