INDIANAPOLIS - An influx of law enforcement officers patroling Indiana roadways is planned for this Memorial Day weekend, part of the state’s “Click It or Ticket” effort to target motorists not wearing their safety belt. More than 260 state law enforcement agencies are participating in this national enforcement effort, hoping to plummet statistics which say that 10-percent of the more than 15,000 crashes in Indiana during May last year occurred over the Memorial Day weekend, and in the fatal collisions, 60 percent were not properly restrained. “Officers will dedicate hundreds of overtime hours towards ‘Click It or Ticket’ enforcement this holiday weekend,” said Ryan Klitzsch, Indiana Criminal Justice Institute Traffic Safety Division director. “No matter where your travels take you this Memorial Day, or what time of day, they’ll be out there.” The ICJI says the most effective defense against death or serious injury in collisions is to wear a seat belt. According to the ICJI, wearing a seat belt can increase the odds of surviving a crash by up to 50 percent. Indiana’s “Click It or Ticket”enforcement mobilization ends June 5. For more information on the “Click It or Ticket” effort, go to www.in.gov/cji/3494.htm
