Click It or Ticket Campaign

TYLER – The Texas Department of Transportation marks the 15th anniversary of the “Click It or Ticket” campaign with a special event in Tyler. It will be Tuesday from 11:30 to 1:00 at the fountain at the Village at Cumberland Park on South Broadway. Kathi White with TxDOTsays seat belt compliance in the district is about 92%. But that leaves 8% percent who are still vulnerable. She said there were 100 crashes in the district last year that had unrestrained persons in the vehicle. Those crashes killed 41 persons and 74 persons sustained serious injuries.

The Click It Or Ticket event is a public outreach effort. They will be handing out traffic safety information and demonstrating a rollover convincer. White said this is like a pickup truck on a trailer. It has dummies in it. She says who can see the difference when the dummies are buckled in properly and when they are not. So, they will demonstrate not just the use of seat belts, but the proper use of seat belts, and how it can save lives.