Memorial Day weekend means Click it or Ticket

Posted on May 26, 2017

By RFD Radio/WFMB

SPRINGFIELD – The Memorial Day weekend gets underway Friday and Illinois Transportation officials, Illinois State Police and local police agencies are teaming up to enforce the state’s seat belt law.

Former State Representative turned IDOT Assistant Secretary Rich Brauer was sold on the effectiveness of seat belts in his younger days. He credits being buckled up with likely saving his life in an early 1970s car crash in Menard County.

“I think it’s important for people to realize that it happens at the most unexpected time,” Brauer said. “To say ‘I’m only going to wear a sweat belt with it’s going to happen’ is pretty childish in that mentality.”

Through Memorial Day, motorists can expect to see increased patrols and enforcement zones statewide as part of IDOT’s “Click It or Ticket” mobilization.

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