From now until May 31st the Worcester Police will participate in the annual Click It Or Ticket enforcement. The program emphasizes the use of seat belts in automobiles. Worcester Police Public Information Officer Sgt. Elise Miranda on the enforcement, “Seat belt enforcement is actually a secondary offense. So our traffic division is going to be out looking for people, any type of traffic violation. They’re going to be pulling people over and checking to make sure that everybody’s going to be wearing their seat belt. However, any child 12 and under that doesn’t have their seatbelt on, that’s a primary enforcement. So if they do notice any children that aren’t wearing their seatbelt, you will be pulled over.”
Sgt. Miranda and the Worcester Police want to get word of the program out to remind drivers and passengers of the importance of seat belts, “Seat belts are obviously very important. Fortunately, the National Highway Safety Administration has come out with some of their statistics that at least 91% of people in 2024 have been complying with wearing their seat belts, so that’s good. Seat belts do prevent you from being fully ejected from the vehicle if you are in an accident, and they also prevent harm from the airbag if airbags are deployed, which airbags can cause a lot of damage to your body if you are in an accident so seat belts do prevent a lot of damage in a crash.”…