20-05 Memorial Day Pre-Campaign
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5/8/2020
CONTACT: Ofc. Yager #70
This Memorial Day, Click It or Ticket
Oak Brook, IL — Starting now and running through Memorial Day weekend, the Oak Brook
Police Department is stepping up enforcement to remind motorists to “Click It or Ticket.”
“Our officers see firsthand the tragedies that occur when people do not buckle up,” said Chief
Kruger “To put it simply, seat belts save lives. Please help us spread this life-saving message by
encouraging your friends and family to buckle up every trip, every time.”
Currently, Illinois has a 94.6% seat belt compliance rate. However, less than 50% of those who
die in motor vehicle crashes were wearing a seat belt.
Seat belt use typically diminishes in the evening hours from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. That’s why one
focus of the “Click It or Ticket” campaign is nighttime enforcement. The Oak Brook Police
Department will be taking a zero-tolerance approach. Whether day or night, unbuckled motorists
will be ticketed and impaired drivers arrested.
The “Click It or Ticket” campaign is administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation
with federal highway safety funds.
Released on 5/8/2020 @ 0900
Approved by JK – COP
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