2014 CLICK IT OR TICKET New Orleans Regional Traffic Safety Coalition

Life Saving Click It or Ticket Mobilization Begins New Orleans Metro Area Kicks Off High Visibility Enforcement May 19, 2014

New Orleans, Louisiana – Local law enforcement agencies throughout the New Orleans metropolitan area will be ramping up enforcement for the Click It or Ticket national campaign. Increased enforcement will begin on May 19, 2014 and run through June 1, 2014. Louisiana law enforcement agencies will be cracking down on unbelted motorists in the metropolitan area.

These efforts are part of a larger, national Click It or Ticket mobilization that runs May 19 – June 1. As motorists take to the roads to celebrate the long Memorial Day weekend, law enforcement officials across the nation will be ensuring that everyone buckles up.

“Memorial Day weekend is always one of the most dangerous holidays to be out on the roads.” said New Orleans Regional Traffic Safety Coalition Co-Chair Clifton Bray. “Everyone involved in traffic safety wants to help increase awareness about the importance of wearing safety belts. With all of the holiday traffic on the roads this weekend, it’s a great time to do that. We want the public to know that wearing a seatbelt will increase your chance of survival in a crash by more than fifty percent.”

“Last year over sixty percent of our traffic fatalities here in Louisiana were comprised of just one fifth of the drivers who don’t wear seat belts.” Mr. Bray said, “What that tells us is that drivers who are unbuckled are putting themselves and others at an unnecessarily high risk, and that’s not good for anyone.”

For more information on the Click It or Ticket mobilization, please visit www.nhtsa.gov/ciot.