Click it or ticket
Rancho police will be aggressively enforcing the seat belt law through the end of the month as part of a Thanksgiving seat belt campaign.
California currently has a seat belt usage rate of 95 percent.
Which certainly makes you wonder, what's up with that other 5 percent?
I used to think that everyone automatically buckles up these days until I visited my uncle this summer in Chicago. I felt bad telling him what to do, especially since he was my chauffeur during most of my trip, but I was so annoyed by both the thought of him unbelted and the constant din of the car's seat belt reminder. After joining the beeping sounds to remind him to buckle up, my uncle would wave me away as if my suggestion was a pesky fly.
If he got ticketed here in California, he would have to fork over $80 to $91. Tickets go up to $330 to $401 for children under 16.
"We will not accept excuses or give warnings," said Police Chief Joe Cusimano. "It's click it or ticket."
California currently has a seat belt usage rate of 95 percent.
Which certainly makes you wonder, what's up with that other 5 percent?
I used to think that everyone automatically buckles up these days until I visited my uncle this summer in Chicago. I felt bad telling him what to do, especially since he was my chauffeur during most of my trip, but I was so annoyed by both the thought of him unbelted and the constant din of the car's seat belt reminder. After joining the beeping sounds to remind him to buckle up, my uncle would wave me away as if my suggestion was a pesky fly.
If he got ticketed here in California, he would have to fork over $80 to $91. Tickets go up to $330 to $401 for children under 16.
"We will not accept excuses or give warnings," said Police Chief Joe Cusimano. "It's click it or ticket."
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