Media
Advisory
'Click
It or Ticket’ Enforcement
Set
for North Jersey
The
New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic
Safety and the Bergen County Police
Department will help launch a statewide
seat belt enforcement campaign on
Monday, May 22. The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
says seat belt use reduces fatalities
by 45 percent and reduces the risk
of moderate to critical injury by
50 percent.
“Eighty-six percent of New Jersey
motorists use their seat belts and
comply with the law,’’
said Roberto Rodriquez, director of
the Division of Highway Traffic Safety.
“The ‘Click
It or Ticket’ mobilization
addresses the 14 percent who fail
to buckle up. Police would rather
write a thousand tickets than have
to knock on one family’s door
with news that a loved one didn’t
survive a crash because they weren’t
wearing a seat belt.’’
What:
First day of the annual ‘Click
It or Ticket’ mobilization;
checkpoint to enforce New Jersey’s
seat belt law. Bergen County Police
Department will issue summonses to
violators.
Where:
Inbound approach to the George Washington
Bridge in Fort Lee (Route 46 East
ramp on to I-95 North).
- Directions
from New Jersey:
-
NJ Turnpike North to the George
Washington Bridge
- Follow
signs for the Upper Level and
the HOV lanes
- Squad
cars will be on the right by
the first overpass
- Directions
from New York City:
- George
Washington Bridge to Route
46 West
- Take
the first exit and U-Turn
onto Route 46 East
- Follow
the directions as above
When:
Monday,
May 22, 2006 from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00
a.m.
Why:
The ‘Click It or Ticket’
mobilization runs from May 22nd to
June 4th, and addresses the 14 percent
of motorists in New Jersey who don’t
buckle up.
Who:
- Bergen
County Police Department
- Robert
Gaydosh - Region III Supervisor,
NJ Division of Highway Traffic
Safety
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