The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department will be strictly enforcing Indiana’s seat belt laws in a Click it or Ticket campaign beginning Friday, May 12.
Sheriff Matt Hassel said that officers are prepared to ticket anyone who is not wearing a seat belt in a moving car. Drivers who have not properly restrained children in a car seat will also be ticketed.
Marshall County Sheriff’s Department deputies will join forces with law enforcement agencies across half of the country to provide increased seat belt enforcement at state borders. Officers hope this will send a zero tolerance message to the public that unrestrained motorists will receive a ticket.
According to statistics released by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 9,874 passenger vehicle occupants killed in 2015 were not wearing their seat belt at the time of a crash.
The Click it or Ticket campaign ends June 4.
