SUBJECT: Click IT Don't Risk IT

Date: September 7, 2004

The Post Falls Police Department will be partnering up with other local law enforcement agencies and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) from September 13^th – September 26^th, 2004 . Idahoans are encouraged to “Click It, Don’t Risk It”, to prevent being issued a citation for not being buckled up. Law enforcement agencies statewide are gearing up for seat belt saturation patrol s and aggressive drivers during this time frame.

Every day, five Idahoans are either killed or seriously injured in traffic crashes. In 2002, 62 percent of the 216 people who died in motor vehicle crashes in Idaho were not properly restrained, according to the Idaho Office of Highway Safety. NHTSA estimates that half of all those killed would have lived if they had buckled up.

The Post Falls Police Department is declaring a “zero tolerance” for unbuckled motorists. We will be conducting saturation patrol s as they have been proven nationwide to work. According to National Highway Safety Administration, if every state conducted high visibility enforcement, 5,000 lives could be saved each year. So please, help do your part and buckle up!

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Sgt. Pat Knight

AUTHOR: Sgt. Pat Knight