Starting May 22nd –June 4th the Wyoming County Sheriff’s
Office will be participating in the Click it or Ticket Campaign, also known
locally as Buckle up New York. New York
is among 24 States participating in a Border to Border enforcement campaign
which cracks down on motorists who are not belted. Targeted enforcement will be between 6 AM and
8 PM and will consist of roving patrols along with possible checkpoints. The Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office may
participate in checkpoints alongside the New York State Police and other local
law enforcement agencies within Wyoming County.
During last year’s campaign, State Police and local law
enforcement issued more than 28,000 adult and child safety restraint
violations.
Under New York State Law:
• All front seat occupants must be properly secured,
regardless of age;
• All rear seat passengers under 16 years of age must be
properly secured;
• Children up to the age of 4 must be properly restrained in
a federally approved child safety seat that is attached to a vehicle by a seat
belt or universal child restraint anchorage (LATCH) system.
• Children less than age 4 but weighing more than 40 pounds
may be restrained in a booster seat with a lap/shoulder safety belt. However, a
child safety seat that accommodates higher weights can be used.
• Children ages 4, 5, 6 and 7 must be properly secured in an
appropriate child restraint system, one for which the child meets the height
and weight recommendations of the child restraint manufacturer.
• A vehicle's safety belt is NOT a child restraint system.
• Children riding in booster seats must be secured with a
combination lap/shoulder seat belt (NEVER secure a child in a booster seat with
only a lap belt).
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
estimates that seat belts saved 13,941 lives in 2015 nationally and could have
saved another 2,804 if people who weren’t wearing them had done so. In New York, NHTSA estimates seat belts saved
443 lives in 2015 and another seven children under age 5 were saved by car
seats. The NHTSA also estimated another 55 lives could have been saved with 100
percent compliance.
