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Click It Or Ticket

Friday, November 23, 2012

Don't Get a Ticket This Holiday Weekend

Be prepared for state troopers on the roadways this holiday weekend who urge you to click it or ticket.

Buckle up everyone. 'Operation Click It or Ticket,' is Georgia’s high-visibility safety belt enforcement program. The Thanksgiving holiday period is one of the heaviest-traveled in Georgia each year and this year covers 102 hours which began Wednesday and ends Sunday night, Nov. 25. According to Colonel Mark McDonough, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety, impaired drivers, drivers traveling too fast for conditions and the lack of safety belt use are the leading contributing factors to fatal crashes. “Reducing the number of crashes involving speed, alcohol and seat belt violations will save many lives each year in Georgia,” he said. “That’s why we patrol–to save lives.” Georgia State Troopers will be patrolling …

Thursday, May 26, 2011

H.E.A.T. Predicted For Holiday Weekend

Two major highway safety campaigns are underway as the busy Memorial Day weekend approaches.

The crackdown is on as two major highway safety campaigns, Click It or Ticket and 100 Days of Summer H.E.A.T., are underway throughout the state. According to the Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS), every year during the upcoming holiday period, law enforcement agencies join forces day and night in Georgia for an enforcement blitz that delivers the Click It or Ticket message. Now through the Memorial Day travel period (June 5) hundreds of law enforcement officials will run roadchecks, day and night, all across the state, tracking down drivers and passengers who don’t bother to buckle-up, especially at night. The safety experts discovered that, nighttime passenger vehicle occupants are among those least likely to buckle up and most …

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