FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
MEDIA ALERT
Governor’s Highway Safety Office Announces
2015 Click It or Ticket Enforcement Mobilization
Lenoir City, Tenn. – Kendell Poole, Director of the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office, will join members of the East Tennessee law enforcement community and other safety advocates to announce the Click It or Ticket high visibility enforcement campaign. The event will take place on Wednesday, May 20th at 1:00 p.m. at Loudon County Sheriff’s Office.
Tennessee reached its highest seat belt use rate last year at 87.71%. However, more than half of traffic fatalities are unrestrained at the time of the crash. Law enforcement statewide will be focusing their efforts on seat belt violators May 18 – 31, just ahead of one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.
Last month, Governor Haslam signed a new law that will raise the fine for seat belt violations. Beginning January 2016, the fine for not wearing your seat belt will more than double. Citizens are encouraged to begin making it a habit now, before it could cost them.
According to the Department of Safety and Homeland Security, at least thirteen of those killed in traffic crashes this year in the Knoxville district were not wearing a seat belt.
WHO: Director Kendell Poole, Governor’s Highway Safety Office
Steve Dillard, Law Enforcement Liaison, Governor’s Highway Safety Office
Sheriff Tim Guider, Loudon County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Tommy Jones, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
Lieutenant Don Boshears, Tennessee Highway Patrol
WHAT: Click It or Ticket Kickoff
WHEN: Wednesday, May 20, 2015
1:00 p.m. EST
WHERE: Loudon County Sheriff's Office
12680 Hwy 11 W Suite 1
Lenoir City, TN 37771
For more information about the press event, contact Amanda Brown at 615-686-1022. For more information about the Governor’s Highway Safety Office, visit our website at www.tntrafficsafety.org.
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