Murray Police 'Click it or Ticket' Starts Monday

With summer vacation set to kick off, many families will begin to pack and hit the road for vacation, so the Murray Police Department is reminding everyone to "Click It or Ticket." 

Aimed at enforcing seat belt use to help keep you and your family safe, the Click It or Ticket national seat belt campaign will take place May 22nd through June 4th. The campaign runs concurrently with Memorial Day which is one of the busiest travel and holiday weekends of the year. 

“As law enforcement we unfortunately see firsthand the results when an occupant of a vehicle does not buckle up,” said Sgt. Brant Shutt of the Murray Police Department. “We also see how well seatbelts work when we arrive at a scene and only find a few minor injuries after an accident that would have been much worse if the seatbelt had not been worn.”

Of the 834 highway fatalities last year in Kentucky, 50.9 percent were not wearing a seat belt. 

Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicate that seat belts, when worn correctly, reduce the risk of fatalities by 45 percent for front-seat vehicle occupants and by 60 percent for pickup truck, SUV and minivan occupants. Also according to NHTSA, regular seat belt use is the single most effective way to protect against and reduce fatalities in motor vehicle crashes.

During the Click It or Ticket campaign the Murray Police Department may utilize traffic safety checkpoints. The locations of possible checkpoints in Murray include: 
-South 12th Street between Glendale Road and Murray City limits
-Main Street between 8th Street and 9th Street
-Wilshire Drive between Bailey Road and Vasser
-Glendale Road between 9th Street and 12th Street
-Main Street between Industrial Road and the Murray City limits
-Chestnut at the intersection with 8th Street
-U.S. 641 at Diuguid Drive
-Doran at Holiday Drive
-North 16th Street at the intersection with Olive Street
-Highway 94 at the intersection of Doran Road
-4th Street between Sycamore St. and Murray City Limits south
-Olive Street between 6th and 12th streets
-North 16th Street between KY 121 and Diuguid Drive
-Bailey Road and KY 121