Franklin Police Department to Participate in ‘Click It or Ticket’ Initiative

| May 13, 2017

franklin-policeFRANKLIN, Pa. (EYT) – City of Franklin Police announced that the department will participate in a national “Click It or Ticket” seat belt enforcement initiative from May 15 through June 4.

The effort will focus largely on nighttime enforcement between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. using traffic enforcement zones and roving patrols.

Police will also use traffic enforcement zones, which combine stationary enforcement and checkpoint tactics on roads with high numbers of unbuckled crashes.

Citations will be issued to drivers who are caught unbuckled or transporting unrestrained children.

According to PennDot, there were 13,534 unrestrained crashes that resulted in 413 fatalities in 2015.

Drivers are reminded that Pennsylvania’s primary seat-belt law requires drivers and passengers under the age of 18 to buckle up and children under 4 must be properly restrained in an approved child safety seat.

Also, drivers and front-seat passengers 18 years and older are required to wear a seat belt. Drivers stopped for a traffic violation that are not wearing a seat belt can receive a second ticket and second fine.

Children ages 4 to 8 must be restrained in an appropriate booster seat.

Also, a new law that went into effect in August 2016 requires a child under 2 years of age to be securely fastened in a rear-facing child passenger restraint system, which is to be used until the child outgrows the maximum weight and limits designated by the manufacturer.

Also, children ages 8 to 18 must be wearing a seat belt when riding anywhere in the vehicle.


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