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The low use of safety belts was a major
factor in the 441 fatalities and approximately
5,000 serious injuries and $6.3 billion in
economic costs associated with motor vehicle
crashes in Massachusetts in 2005.
Since safety belts reduce the risk of death
or serious injury in a motor vehicle crash by up
to 50%, we can improve highway safety in
Massachusetts by getting more people to buckle
up with Click It or Ticket.
As of June 2007 belt use in Massachusetts was
69%. The goal for 2008 is to increase belt use
to 72%. Yet nationwide belt use was 82% as of
2007.
Massachusetts law requires all occupants to
be properly restrained by safety belts when
riding in a private passenger motor vehicle,
including vans and trucks. Learn more about the
Massachusetts Safety Belt Law as well as the
Massachusetts Child Passenger Safety Law.
Background
Click It or Ticket is made possible in
Massachusetts through federal highway safety
grant funding used by the
Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s
Highway Safety Division (EOPSS-HSD).
The Massachusetts Click It or Ticket initiative
was started in the fall of 2002. It is based on
a successful national model developed by NHTSA
that involves two to three week "mobilization"
periods of high-visibility traffic enforcement,
paid and earned media, and community education.
Elements
- EOPSS-HSD grants to state and local
police for extra traffic enforcement, with
special emphasis on the lack of safety belt
and child safety seat use;
- EOPSS-HSD-funded paid and earned media;
- EOPSS-HSD-supported community
education.
2007-2008 Schedule
Spring Mobilization
May 14 - June 4, 2008
Download 2007-2008 Spring CIOT Mobilization
Forms
Partners
Massachusetts State Police, Massachusetts Registry of Motor
Vehicles, MassHighway, MassPike, Massport,
Massachusetts Division of Insurance,
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Board
of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies
and Bonds, Massachusetts Chiefs of Police
Association, Massachusetts Safety Officers
League, AAA Southern New England, Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center, Mothers Against Drunk
Driving - Massachusetts Office, Students Against
Destructive Decisions - Massachusetts Chapter,
Berkshire Medical Center, Massachusetts
Emergency Nurses Association, Bristol County
Sheriff's Office, Caritas Holy Family Medical
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