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Click It or Ticket 2012

The document announces that the 2012 Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign will begin on November 12th. Law enforcement agencies in Orange County, Florida and across the country will strongly enforce seat belt laws around the clock to help save lives. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 61% of fatal crashes at night involved unbuckled passengers, compared to 42% during the day. The Orange County Sheriff's Office aims to spread awareness and enforce seat belt laws day and night to reduce traffic fatalities. Seat belts saved an estimated 12,546 lives nationwide in 2010. Younger drivers and men ages 18-34 have the highest rates of fatal crashes involving lack of seat belt use.

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Click It or Ticket 2012

The document announces that the 2012 Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign will begin on November 12th. Law enforcement agencies in Orange County, Florida and across the country will strongly enforce seat belt laws around the clock to help save lives. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 61% of fatal crashes at night involved unbuckled passengers, compared to 42% during the day. The Orange County Sheriff's Office aims to spread awareness and enforce seat belt laws day and night to reduce traffic fatalities. Seat belts saved an estimated 12,546 lives nationwide in 2010. Younger drivers and men ages 18-34 have the highest rates of fatal crashes involving lack of seat belt use.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012 JEFF WILLIAMSON FOR YOUR INFORMATION 407.

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CONTACT:

CLICK

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BOOST SEAT BELT USE DAY

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NIGHT

Orange County, Florida Motorists who refuse to wear their seat belts beware. The 2012 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization kicks off November 12, 2012 to help save lives by cracking down on those who dont buckle up. The Orange County Sheriff's Office, state and local law enforcement agencies are joining with other state and local law enforcement officers and highway safety advocates across the country to help save more lives by strongly enforcing seat belt laws around the clock. According to the U.S. Department of Transportations National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2010 nationally, 61 percent of the 10,647 passenger vehicle occupants who were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes overnight (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) were not wearing their seat belts at the time of the fatal crash, compared to 42 percent during the daytime hours. Too many drivers and passengers on the road at night are not wearing their seat belts, and it all too often ends in tragedy, said Sheriff Jerry Demings of the Orange County Sheriff's Office. Our goal is to save more lives, so the Orange County Sheriff's Office will be out enforcing seat belt laws around the clock. Seat belt use saves thousands of lives across America each year and the Orange County Sheriff's Office is helping spread the word. NHTSA statistics show that in 2010 alone, seat belts saved an estimated 12,546 lives nationwide Younger motorists and men are particularly at risk. NHTSA data shows that among teen and young adult passenger vehicle occupants in 2010, ages 18-34, which were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes, 62 percent were not buckled up at the time of the crash the highest percentage of any age group. The number jumps to 66 percent when just men in this age group are included. While this years Click It or Ticket enforcement mobilization runs from November 12, 2012 through November 25, 2012, motorists should know that officers are out enforcing seat belt laws year-round day and night.

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