Click It or Ticket Pasadena!

The Pasadena Police Department will aggressively enforce the state’s occupant protection laws as part of California’s 2009 Click It or Ticket mobilization, taking place November 17th through November 30th, 2009. The campaign relies on heavy enforcement and public education at the local level as a means to help California achieve the highest seat belt use rate in the nation.

California’s seat belt law requires that every passenger in the car, including the driver, is required to wear a seat belt at all times. If stopped and found to be in violation, law enforcement officers will issue citations without warning. Tickets for first seat belt violations have gone from $100 to $132 for adults and from $401 to $435 for children under age 16, depending on the county. Additionally, children age 12 and under are required to ride properly restrained in the back seat.

“The use of seat belts is one of the most basic safety measures we can take to mitigate serious injury and death as a result of automobile accidents,” says Interim Chief of Police Christopher Vicino. “So many of the fatalities we respond to could have been prevented if the occupants had just been properly restrained.”

Pasadena is one of more than 280 law enforcement agencies statewide participating in this year’s Click It or Ticket mobilization.