![]() Jeri Williams Jefe de la Policía |
Departamento de Policía de Oxnard
R. Jason Benites De Scott Whitney |
OXNARD DEPARTAMENTO DE POLICÍA
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA
INCIDENTE | Click It or Ticket to Boost Seat Belt Use – Day and Night |
FECHA / HORA | Campaña empieza de mayo 21, 2012 |
UBICACIÓN | Oxnard |
CONTACTO | Sgt.. Randy Latimer (805) 385-7631 randy.latimer @ oxnardpd.org |
Oxnard, California - Motorists who refuse to wear their seat belts – beware. La 2012 empezar-de-verano Click It or Ticket asiento de la movilización de la aplicación de la correa comienza mayo 21 para ayudar a salvar vidas tomando medidas enérgicas contra aquellos que no abrochan el cinturón.
The Oxnard Police Department is joining with other state and local law enforcement officers to help save more lives by strongly enforcing seat belt laws around the clock. Seat belts are the most effective piece of life saving equipment on your car.
Según la Administración Nacional de Seguridad Vial (NHTSA), en 2010 nacionalmente, 61 por ciento de la 10,647 passenger vehicle occupants who were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes overnight were not wearing their seat belts at the time of the fatal crash, en comparación con 42 por ciento durante las horas del día.
“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 Commander Andrew Salinas. “Our goal is to save more lives, so the Oxnard Police Department will be out enforcing seat belt laws around the clock.”
Seat belt use saves thousands of lives across America each year and the Oxnard Police Department is helping spread the word. Estadísticas de la NHTSA muestran que en 2010 solo, seat belts saved an estimated 12,546 vive en todo el país.
Aún, too many motorists may need a tough reminder. En 2010, 22,187 passenger vehicle occupants were killed in motor vehicle crashes, according to NHTSA, y 51 ciento de ellos eran NO usar el cinturón de seguridad en el momento de sus accidentes fatales.
Younger motorists and men are particularly at risk. Data shows that among teen and young adult passenger vehicle occupants in 2010, siglos 18-34, que murieron en accidentes de tráfico de vehículos de motor, 62 percent were not buckled up at the time of the crash – the highest percentage of any age group. The number jumps to 66 ciento cuando los hombres sólo en este grupo de edad se incluyen.
Aunque este año Click It or Ticket movilización de aplicación se extiende desde mayo 21 hasta junio 3, motorists should know that officers are out enforcing seat belt laws year-round. Total costs of a first time ticket are at least $142
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