Many people believe they are safe without a seat belt but an officer once said to me "I have never unbuckled a fatality."

So, don't worry about getting an extra ticket if you are stopped and aren't wearing your seatbelt.  Worry that not wearing your seat belt may be one of the last mistakes you make.

From May 18, 2008 to June 1, 2008 law enforcement across Virginia and the nation work to increase seat belt use with the Click It or Ticket enforcement mobilization in an effort to save more lives on Virginia’s roadways.

According to preliminary numbers from DMV: The Virginia Highway Safety Office, there were 1,026 fatalities in Virginia in 2007. Of those, 749 fatalities occurred in vehicles that were equipped with safety restraints. 452 or 60% of the 749 fatalities were not wearing restraints.

Law enforcement will be out in force ticketing all motorists that are violating traffic laws in Virginia with a particular emphasis being placed on lack of seat belt and child safety seat use. Special checkpoints and other stepped up law enforcement activities will be conducted during the Mobilization May 18 - June 1, 2008.

Please remember, buckle up every one, every ride. Click It or Ticket.”

For more information, visit Department of Motor Vehicles

What are the facts about seat-belt use?

Click It or Ticket is a high visibility enforcement program designed to raise safety belt usage and save people from death and serious injury on the streets and highways.

The Click It or Ticket campaign is currently used in 18 other states and the District of Columbia. In other Click It or Ticket campaigns, the occupant restraint usage rate increased by more than 10 percent, meaning that thousands of previously unbuckled drivers and passengers began using safety belts and child safety seats.

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