Click It Or Ticket is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s annual campaign to increase seatbelt use. It lasts for a few weeks around Memorial Day weekend. Here is the information you need to know from the Arkansas State Police about the safety belt initiative and laws in Arkansas. For more information on national seat belt laws, visit Buckle Up America, the national “Click It Or Ticket” home page.
Many local organizations also use this time period to check car safety seats to make sure they are installed correctly so your children can ride safely. Children’s Hospital can help you with this throughout the year.
The importance of seat belts
Between 1997 and 1999, twenty-five Arkansas children, from infants to four years old, who were not buckled into a child restraint system, were killed in traffic accidents that occurred on Arkansas streets and highways. More than 800 children under the age of 4 were injured. Sixty-eight children between the ages of 5 and 15, none wearing seat belts, were killed in Arkansas traffic accidents. If seat belts or child safety belts had been fitted, many of these children could have been saved or escaped without injury.
Arkansas Seat Belt Law
Arkansas law requires all children under the age of fifteen to buckle up with an appropriate safety restraint. Children under the age of 15 must fasten their front and rear seat belts. Adults should only buckle up if they are in the front seats.
The car seat laws were changed in 2014. Children under the age of six or weighing less than sixty pounds must be restrained in approved car seats. Car seats must be installed correctly.
In July 2009, the law was changed to a primary offense law. This means that law enforcement officers can stop vehicles and issue citations if they do not see the occupants wearing their seat belts. Previously, police had to have reasonable cause other than a seatbelt violation to stop a vehicle and cite an offender. Arkansas was the 27th state in the nation to adopt a primary offense seat belt law.
Weeks «click or ticket»
Over the course of the eight-day “Click or Ticket” period, law enforcement officers will use sobriety checkpoints and other enforcement techniques to enforce child safety and seatbelt laws.
Ordinary law still applies, they will only apply it more strongly. If the police see a child without restraint, they will be more likely to arrest him. On most other days, you have a good chance that the officer won’t stop you for just having an unrestricted child.
Fines for seat belt violation
The maximum fine per person for a seatbelt violation is $ 25. Each passenger found to be in violation can be fined. A seatbelt violation is generally not considered a moving violation, and is generally not reported to your insurance company.
