Keywords:Seat Belt
Law enforcement officers from 15 Oklahoma agencies are teaming up Friday, August 6 to crack down on seat belt violations along historic Route 66.
The 24-hour crackdown begins at 12 midnight, and high-visibility enforcement will take place along the Highway 66 “Mother Road.” Saturation patrols and checkpoints will be conducted from the western border of Canadian County to the eastern border of Oklahoma County, with other agencies joining in similar mobilizations elsewhere.
In a release issued today, Lt. Garrett Vowell from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the crackdown is part of an effort to enhance seat belt enforcement and improve Oklahoma’s usage rate year-round.
“The newest statistics show that Oklahoma’s seat belt use rate is 85.9 percent for 2010,” he said. “That’s a 1.7 percent increase over 2009, but we still have a long way to go before every driver and every passenger is appropriately buckled up.”
