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'Click It or Ticket' Starts Today
By Emily Zendt and Sam J. Ellison
Credit Photo by By Daniel Reese for KUT News
For the next two weeks, law enforcement will watch closely for seat belt scofflaws.
Today marks the beginning of another "Click it or Ticket" campaign, a two-week undertaking by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to enforce seat belt usage.
In Texas and across the country, law enforcement will be on the lookout for drivers and passengers shirking seatbelt laws, or whose children are improperly restrained. (Children under eight years must be in a child safety seat, unless they are taller than 4'9".) Citations run up to $250.
The NHTSA writes on its website that in the annual “Click It or Ticket” initiative, over three million tickets have been written over the last five years – a ticket every other second.
Here's a PSA for the campaign. (Watch for the surprise ending!)
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