By:
SDN Staff
Monday, May 21, 2018
STARKVILLE, MS
The Starkville Police Department is gearing up for its annual safety campaign as Memorial Day weekend approaches.
The department’s ‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign will enforce seat belt use, beginning on May 21 and running through June 3, which will be the time the most motorists will be on the roads for holiday travel.
SPD cited data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, claiming 48 percent of passenger vehicle occupants killed in crashed in 2016 were not restrained. In the evening hours from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., that number was at 56 percent.