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Authorities to begin “aggressive” Click it or Ticket campaign
DAYTON - Law enforcement agencies across the state are set to kick off what they call an “aggressive” crackdown on drivers who operate vehicles without being buckled in.
Starting May 21 through Memorial Day agencies are participating in the national “Click it or Ticket” campaign. Officials said there will be “zero tolerance” enforcement and no warnings will be issued to those caught driving or riding in the front of a vehicle without wearing a seat belt.
“Too many people still take the attitude that it will never happen to them,” Dayton Lt. Brian Johns said. “We’d much rather write a thousand tickets than have to knock on one family’s door with the news that their loved one didn’t survive a crash because they weren’t wearing their safety belt.”
Police say when worn correctly, seat belts reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat passengers by 45 percent - 60 percent in pickup trucks, SUVs and mini-vans.
Drivers not wearing a seat belt risk being fined $54 for the driver, while a front-seat passenger faces a $44 fine, according to the Dayton Police Department.
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By glad
May 19, 2009 12:18 PM | Link to this
I m so happy Dayton is such a great place where all they have to worry about is people in seat belts.By smokeyda bear
May 19, 2009 12:22 PM | Link to this
Mo money grab in the name of safety.By booklover553
May 19, 2009 12:30 PM | Link to this
Cheers for the Dayton Police—all we need is an accident where passengera do not have their seat belts on, no insurance and a huge hospital bill—which we, the taxpayers, will have to payBy kncjr
May 19, 2009 12:33 PM | Link to this
This is just another way to bring more money in and to be able to stop you so the gestapo can run you through the system. It has nothing to do with safety.By scott
May 19, 2009 12:37 PM | Link to this
Give them an inch they take a mile. You can’t trust the police not to go overboard on something like this. Get offuor backs!By scott
May 19, 2009 12:38 PM | Link to this
Give them an inch they take a mile. You can’t trust the police not to go overboard on something like this. Get offuor backs!By Roscoe2u
May 19, 2009 12:43 PM | Link to this
Remember, Ohio’s Seat Belt Law is a secondary law. They cannot pull you over just for a Seat Belt Violation. They have to trump up some other charge to pull you over for, and then give you the “Click It” ticket. I find it interesting that these articles on Seat Belt Crackdowns always fail to mention the difference between “primary” and “secondary” traffic laws…By Flying Monkey
May 19, 2009 12:47 PM | Link to this
Evidently, the police have the major crimes like murder, rape, illegal drugs, and armed robbery so well under control that taxpayer dollars can now be spent on seatbelt violations!By Walking Monkey
May 19, 2009 1:05 PM | Link to this
Roscoe2u, that is a great point you made. The state needs to focus on other crimes. They are using the cops as tax collectors.By RD
May 19, 2009 1:13 PM | Link to this
Got nothing to do with safty. If they cared that much about safty they would hire 100 more cops! it’s all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$By urallidiots
May 19, 2009 1:30 PM | Link to this
Who cares what their motive is, money, safety, whatever, wearing your seatbelt is for your OWN good, and when you do - you needn’t worry about the police…By heywood jablowme
May 19, 2009 1:32 PM | Link to this
What was the name of that NWA song….. oh yes __ the police.By miami county fan
May 19, 2009 1:34 PM | Link to this
These “click it or ticket” patrols are funded by the federal and state for those who are concerned about local taxes.By RD
May 19, 2009 1:38 PM | Link to this
Yes , But I should have the right to choose if it’s for my own good. If you didn’t have the right to choose we would’nt be having a problem with abortionBy OldSchool
May 19, 2009 1:44 PM | Link to this
Roscoe2u is correct…but there is a proposed change in Gov S’s budget plan to make it “primary”. If changed it allows Ohio to collect $28+ Million in federal money that would otherwise be withheldBy TJE
May 19, 2009 2:00 PM | Link to this
To RD - yes, I guess if you want to choose to be stupid and put your life at risk by not buckling up you should have that right. But, do I have the same right to choose not to pay for the cost of theBy Pharrell
May 19, 2009 2:03 PM | Link to this
Sorry, “urallidiots,” but we’d also be safer it we quit smoking and drinking, stopped eating fast food, and drove 20MPH everywhere but none of this things are the law. I’ve voluntarily worn my seatbelt all my life but it angers me that wearing them is mandatory.By TJE
May 19, 2009 2:07 PM | Link to this
To RD - sure, go ahead and exercise your right to stupidity by not protecting yourself in your vehicle. But, when you are ejected from your vehicle because you chose not to buckle up can I choose to not have my tax dollars going to pay for the responders coming out to your accident? Can I choose not to have to pay for the cops, ambulance, care flight, etc? What’s the big deal about wearing your seatbelt? I guess you know better about what can happen in a car accident when you don’t wear your seatbelts as opposed to all the experts who are proponents for wearing them. And for the rest of the posters, why do you all hate the cops so much? Do you feel they’re out to get you? Maybe that’s because you do things that are illegal so they are on the lookout for you fools? Me, I’m not worried about them because I obey the law and buckle up.By Cliff
May 19, 2009 2:54 PM | Link to this
It’s all about getting more of our money, period. Do this, don’t do this, pay this tax or we will fine you and make you pay! It’s all about getting more and more our money! If they are so worried about our safety why aren’t seat belts installed in our children’s school buses? What about our children’s safety?By Brandon
May 19, 2009 3:20 PM | Link to this
They’ve been running these commercials for 3 years now and they’re just now getting “aggressive”? I guess we should expect them to get aggressive on violent crime in 2012 since the Chief said hes tired of them. They’re raising the speed limit so they have to make the money up somewhere. Oh well…By Leslie
May 19, 2009 3:22 PM | Link to this
What about the people that die cause they are not thrown from the car? What about the people that die cause they can’t get the seat belt off and another car or semi slams right into them? We never get those statistics. The reports always tell you about people dieing without seat belts, but they never tell you about the people that die even though they were seat belts. It’s amazing but you can steal die in a car wreck even if you have a seat belt on. The seat belt can even hurt you. We have to stop passing feel good laws.By Jack
May 19, 2009 3:36 PM | Link to this
When the seat belt law was first passed, they said they would never pass a law where you could be stopped for just not wearing a seat belt. The legislature out right lied. But people still vote for democrats. I guess they like being lied to!By Rob
May 19, 2009 3:50 PM | Link to this
Maybe I don’t understand, but what is so difficult about buckling a seat belt?By Annie
May 19, 2009 3:50 PM | Link to this
I read this article and just wonder about some of the stupidest laws being inforced. People driving cars have to wear seat belts, people riding bicycles have to wear helmets. People driving motorcycles down the highway doing 65MPH or more do not have to wear helmets? This just amazes me!! If Dayton is doing this then you know Kettering is too because they have to keep up with the $$$$$.By Jimmy jon
May 19, 2009 4:03 PM | Link to this
Wearing seatbelts should be a personal decision not one mandated by the government. It’s just another way of making money for the failing budgets.By Driver
May 19, 2009 4:08 PM | Link to this
If they would just enforce all the other traffic laws that actually prevent accidents, then they could talk about safety. Wearing a seat belt will never prevent an accident. Once an accident occurs, then seat belts might reduce injury or death. But the best way to enhance safety is to ticket those that break all the existing primary traffic laws (eg stop signs/lights, turn signals, speeding, illegal lane changes, tailgating, etc).By Thinkaboutit
May 19, 2009 4:42 PM | Link to this
Jack, You can not be pulled over primarily for a seatbelt violation, its a secondary violation in other words police officers must pull you over for a primary offense such as speeding, running a stop sign or other traffic offenses and then cite you if you are not wearing your seat belt, please get your facts straight before you open your mouth….knowledge is golden only when you know what your talking about.By Thinkaboutit
May 19, 2009 4:42 PM | Link to this
Jack, You can not be pulled over primarily for a seatbelt violation, its a secondary violation in other words police officers must pull you over for a primary offense such as speeding, running a stop sign or other traffic offenses and then cite you if you are not wearing your seat belt, please get your facts straight before you open your mouth….knowledge is golden only when you know what your talking about.By loony
May 19, 2009 4:54 PM | Link to this
I hold the red button down when I put my seatbelt on so that it will not click!!! Don’t tell the police .. OK?By jimmie
May 19, 2009 5:34 PM | Link to this
Revenue enhancement - plain and simple.By Craig
May 19, 2009 5:44 PM | Link to this
Anytime the cops say “campaign”, read revenue enhancement. Did anyone else notice that when fuel went up to $4 per gal., none of the police agencies complained of high fuel costs? That is because they were paying for the higher fuel with your fines. Now they are trying to fund paying for the officers that they had to lay off. What bothers me is, I wear my seatbelt, drive the speed limit and stop at all traffic lights, what happens when everyone obeys those laws? The change the standards. Remember when the legal alcohol limit was .10 and now it is .08 and soon it will be .06. Stop lights that have cameras that don’t produce tickets, they change the time cycle to produce ticket$. So don’t tell me that it is about safety, it is about money.By dhampton100
May 19, 2009 6:06 PM | Link to this
Let me first say I always wear a seatbelt, it is just good commonsense. That said I don’t any reason for most of the people complaining when they think it’s Ok to hold people, without charges in jails for as long as the government wants to. I know you don’t mind getting tricked into paying a little ticket—Oh let’s not forget pouring a little water down your nose and your throat until you tell me what I want to know.—QUIT CRYING!By Frylock
May 19, 2009 6:27 PM | Link to this
I wondered who would be the first a-hole to blame the democrats. Congrats Jack, you’re the official A-hole of the day. Enjoy!By Mike
May 19, 2009 6:36 PM | Link to this
There goes more of our freedom of choice.By dude
May 19, 2009 7:37 PM | Link to this
Frylock, I was wondering what A—Hole would be the first to deny that it was the democrats. Democrats are the party of women, minorities and gays. Which are you. Safety first you know.By Area Woman
May 19, 2009 7:44 PM | Link to this
how am i supposed to breastfeed with a seatbelt gettin in my way?By Jim
May 19, 2009 9:22 PM | Link to this
The OSP and other PD’s runs the seat belt safety ads on TV for PR and acceptance by the gullible. However, the seat belt law is really another way to break the 4th amendment and simply pull you over.By MyChoice
May 19, 2009 9:44 PM | Link to this
Ok, what about those people who were trapped in the car because of their seatbelt. Also what if your seatbelt goes across part of your neck, if you get in a accident, it’s possible that seatbelt will decapatate you. I think as long as you are an adult with no children in the car, it should be your choice on whether you want to wear your seatbelt or not.By MyChoice
May 19, 2009 9:50 PM | Link to this
Hey ya Dude, if Democrats are all women, minority and gays, where does that leave people like you, ignorant redneck male? I think I like the other group better. LOLBy John
May 19, 2009 10:45 PM | Link to this
Jim is right. This seatbelt law is a joke. It’s just another blatant take-away of (what’s left of) our freedom.By John
May 19, 2009 10:45 PM | Link to this
Jim is right. This seatbelt law is a joke. It’s just another blatant take-away of (what’s left of) our freedom.