TRENTON
- New Jersey motorists who choose not
to buckle up face the likelihood of a
ticket during a statewide seat belt enforcement
campaign, which begins Monday, November
17. Law enforcement agencies throughout
the state will be on the lookout for unbelted
drivers from November 17 - 30 as part
of the latest "Click It or Ticket"
crackdown.
"Strict
enforcement of New Jersey's Primary Seat
Belt law has enabled us to raise our seat
belt usage rate in the state to 81.2%,"
said Attorney General Peter C. Harvey.
"The goal now is to reach the remaining
seat belt non-users and convince them
to buckle up on every trip."
During the last "Click It or Ticket"
enforcement wave in May, 267 police agencies
in the state issued a total of 22,941
seat belt summonses to motorists who were
not buckled up. For the November 17 -
30 mobilization, the Division of Highway
Traffic Safety has awarded "Click
It or Ticket" enforcement grants
to 112 municipal police departments. The
grants, of $3,600, will fund targeted
seat belt enforcement patrols during the
mobilization period. It is also anticipated
that as in May, many non-funded local
police departments will participate in
the "Click It or Ticket" campaign.
"Our
seat belt usage rate in New Jersey has
risen for seven consecutive years because
of the strong support and commitment of
the state's law enforcement community,"
said Division Director Roberto Rodriguez.
"We are pleased to offer these grants.
This crucial campaign will continue until
every New Jersey resident buckles up."
The Mission of the Division of Highway
of Highway Traffic Safety is to reduce
fatalities, injuries and property damage
on the roads of New Jersey resulting from
traffic crashes. To achieve its mission,
the Division undertakes traffic safety
programs relating to Education, Enforcement
and Engineering. The bulk of the Division's
funding comes from the federal government,
through the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration. The funding received by
the Division is used to undertake state-wide
traffic safety programs and is also dispersed
to local, county and state agencies in
the form of traffic safety grants.
New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic
Safety
Click It or Ticket Seat Belt Enforcement
Grants
November 17-30, 2003
- Atlantic
Essex Middlesex Passaic
- Galloway
Twp. Livingston East Brunswick Clifton
- Hammonton
Montclair Edison Passaic
- Hamilton
Twp. West Orange Highland Park Paterson
- Mullica
Twp. Metuchen Wayne
- Gloucester
New Brunswick Wanaque
- Bergen
Deptford Twp. North Brunswick
- Fort
Lee Elk Twp. Perth Amboy Salem
- Garfield
Franklin Twp. Piscataway Pennsville
- Hackensack
Glassboro Sayreville
- Mahwah
Logan Twp. Woodbridge Somerset
- Montvale
Mantua Twp. Bernards
- Paramus
Monroe Twp. Monmouth Branchburg
- Park
Ridge Pitman Boro Asbury Park Franklin
- Teaneck
Washington Twp. Eatontown Manville
- Washington
Twp. West Deptford Freehold Boro Montgomery
- Westwood
Wenonah Boro Freehold Twp. South Bound
Brook
- Hazlet
- Burlington
Hunterdon Howell Sussex
- Bordentown
Twp. Raritan Twp. Interlaken Newton
- Pemberton
Twp. Readington Manalapan
- Willingboro
Marlboro Union
- Hudson
Middletown Elizabeth
- Camden
Bayonne Ocean Twp. Hillside
- Audubon
Boro Harrison Plainfield
- Bellmawr
Boro Jersey City Morris Rahway
- Collingswood
Kearny Chatham Twp. Roselle
- Gloucester
Twp. Denville
- Haddon
Twp. Mercer Florham Park
- Haddon
Heights Hamilton Twp. Hanover
- Laurel
Springs Boro Hopewell Jefferson
- Pennsauken
Twp. Hightstown Kinnelon
- Stratford
Boro Princeton Twp. Long Hill
- Somerdale
Boro Trenton Morris Township
- Voorhees
Twp. Washington Twp. Mountain Lakes
- West
Windsor Parsippany
- Cape
May
- Lower
Twp. Ocean
- Brick
- Cumberland
Jackson
- Millville
Lakewood
- Vineland
Manchester
- Stafford
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