Sunday, May 18, 2008
Nine Area McDonalds Join Kentucky In Kicking Off Click Or Ticket Program.
Terry Tackett, Drive Smart Coordinator for Highway District 12, said that Southern Style Chicken Biscuits will be given to the first 300 people wearing their seatbelts at each of the following McDonald’s drive-thrus: Salyersville, Martin, Inez, Paintsville, Prestonsburg, South Williamson, Coal Run (North Mayo Trail), and the two Pikeville locations – Baird Avenue and Cassady Boulevard .
Buckle Up key chains and seatbelt information cards will also be given away as long as supplies last.
Checkpoints will be conducted by city police, county sheriffs’ officers, Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement, and Kentucky State Police from May 19 through June 1. Those not buckled up will receive a citation. But people who are wearing a seat belt will receive a different kind of ticket – a “Click It FOR Tickets” voucher. Those who are following the rules of the road can register to win one set of twelve tickets to the Kentucky Speedway. Two sets of tickets will be available to the NASCAR Nationwide Series on June 14, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series on July 19, and the Indy Car Series on August 9.
Seventy-two percent of passenger vehicle occupants who were involved in a fatal crash in 2006, but who were buckled up, survived. When worn correctly, seat belts are proven to reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat occupants by 45 percent – and by 60 percent in pickup trucks, SUVs, and minivans.
“In spite of all the studies which prove that seat belts save lives – and also in spite of the fact that it is mandatory in Kentucky to wear seatbelts, our state remains at the bottom nationally in seatbelt usage rates, at 67 percent,” Tackett said. Click It or Ticket will attempt to change that as officers buckle down on those not buckled up.
“The majority of those who still don’t use their seat belts are men 18 to 34,” Tackett said. “We hope to reach this target group, but ‘Click It or Ticket’ is not about writing tickets. It’s about saving lives.”
Buckle Up key chains and seatbelt information cards will also be given away as long as supplies last.
Checkpoints will be conducted by city police, county sheriffs’ officers, Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement, and Kentucky State Police from May 19 through June 1. Those not buckled up will receive a citation. But people who are wearing a seat belt will receive a different kind of ticket – a “Click It FOR Tickets” voucher. Those who are following the rules of the road can register to win one set of twelve tickets to the Kentucky Speedway. Two sets of tickets will be available to the NASCAR Nationwide Series on June 14, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series on July 19, and the Indy Car Series on August 9.
Seventy-two percent of passenger vehicle occupants who were involved in a fatal crash in 2006, but who were buckled up, survived. When worn correctly, seat belts are proven to reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat occupants by 45 percent – and by 60 percent in pickup trucks, SUVs, and minivans.
“In spite of all the studies which prove that seat belts save lives – and also in spite of the fact that it is mandatory in Kentucky to wear seatbelts, our state remains at the bottom nationally in seatbelt usage rates, at 67 percent,” Tackett said. Click It or Ticket will attempt to change that as officers buckle down on those not buckled up.
“The majority of those who still don’t use their seat belts are men 18 to 34,” Tackett said. “We hope to reach this target group, but ‘Click It or Ticket’ is not about writing tickets. It’s about saving lives.”
# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 7:39 AM 
