1998 `Click It Or Ticket' Campaign: 4,700 Seat Belt Violations
10 September 1998
1998 `Click It Or Ticket' Campaign Nets 4,700 Seat Belt Violations In Second Week RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 9 -- North Carolina law enforcement
officers issued 4,700 seat belt and 346 child safety seat citations as part of
the second week of the 1998 end-of-summer "Click It or Ticket" campaign. The
citations are a result of 400 checkpoints and random patrols across the state
from Monday, Aug. 31, to Sunday, Sept. 6. The numbers were reported by the law
enforcement agencies in each county and compiled by the North Carolina State
Highway Patrol.
Besides cracking down on seat belt violators, law enforcement officers
charged 1,002 with driving while impaired. They also discovered 22,970
violations, including 242 drug charges, 13 stolen vehicles and three fugitives
from justice.
The goal of "Click It or Ticket" is to boost seat belt use in North
Carolina, saving lives, preventing injuries, and reducing the massive
health-care costs associated with traffic crashes. The following are the
statewide totals for the 1998 "Click It or Ticket" emphasis during the second
week of the end-of-summer seat belt campaign:
Statewide Totals
Occupant Restraint DWI Traffic Violations
Total Seat Belt Child Safety Driving Speeding Total
Checkpoints Violations Seat Violations While Impaired Traffic
Violations Violations
400 4,700 346 1,002 8,044 21,968
Criminal Violations
Misdemeanor Felony Firearm Stolen Fugitives Other Total Total
Drug Drug Violations Vehicles Arrested Criminal Criminal Traffic
Violations Violations Recovered Violations Violations &
Not Listed Criminal
Violations
196 46 31 13 3 713 1,002 22,970
For county-by-county "Click It or Ticket " numbers, contact Jill Warren
Lucas or Frank Smith at the Governor's Highway Safety Program, 919-733-3083.
The following events will be held during the end-of-summer "Click It or
Ticket" program:
11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10
"Click It or Ticket" event
New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Helipad (ground level) 2131 South 17th St., Wilmington
Speakers include State EMS Chief Bob Bailey and GHSP Director Joe Parker.
11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11 "Click It or Ticket" event
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
Helipad (ground level) 1638 Owen Dr., Fayetteville
Speakers include N.C. Insurance Commissioner Jim Long, State EMS
Chief Bob Bailey, and GHSP Director Joe Parker.
1:30 p.m. "Click It or Ticket" checkpoint at
Shaw Road and Old Shaw Road, Fayetteville
Checkpoint contacts: Sgt. W.H. Waters, Fayetteville Police Department,
910-433-1036, and 1st Sgt. D. Broome, N.C. State Highway Patrol,
910-486-1334.