Dexter Police Department Releases Results of Click It or Ticket Enforcement
Motorists Reminded to Buckle Up and Arrive Alive

Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter Police Department participated in the national Click It or Ticket mobilization conducted May 22 – June 4. During the enforcement effort, officers conducted 189 traffic stops resulting in the following:  Officers issued a total of 129 traffic tickets including: 50 seat belt tickets; 1 child restraint ticket; 1 signal light violation; 4 driving while suspended/revoked tickets; 3 no operator license tickets; 11 uninsured motorist tickets; 28 speeding tickets; and 31 other non-hazardous moving traffic violations.  178 written/verbal warnings were issued as well.
 
“Seat belts are your single best defense in a crash,” stated Chief Sammy Stone. “Law enforcement will continue to encourage drivers to make a simple, smart choice to buckle up and Arrive Alive.”
Six out of 10 people killed in Missouri traffic crashes are unbuckled. Missouri’s seat belt use has remained relatively unchanged in the last six years. Missouri has an 81 percent seat belt use, which is well below the national average of 88 percent. Teens and pick-up truck drivers are among those least likely to buckle up at 70 and 69 percent.

Buckle up and Arrive Alive. For more information on Missouri’s seat belt use, visit www.saveMOlives.com.