Village of Great Neck Estates police will be cracking down on drivers not wearing their seat belts from May 18-31 as part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s “Click It or Ticket” program, the police department announced last week.
“Would you ever ride a roller coaster without the harness down?” the department said in a release. “When you ride in a motor vehicle without a seat belt, you are taking a huge risk. One you can’t afford.”
Great Neck Estates police said officers will be out in full force from May 18-31. Anyone caught not wearing a seat belt or transporting unrestrained children will be given a ticket, police said.
No warnings will be given from May 18-31 for not wearing a seat belt, the police said.
“We’re hoping you’ll get the message and buckle up every trip, every time, even after the crackdown period is over,” the police said. “Wearing your seat belt is required by law 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.”
Police said that according to the NHTSA, 9,580 people who were not wearing their seat belts in a car at the time of an accident died in 2013.
