From the Algonquin Police Department:

Algonquin Police Department announces ‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign numbers

[Algonquin, IL] — The Algonquin Police Department today announced it issued 102 citations during the recent Memorial Day “Click It or Ticket” enforcement period.

“Through the Memorial Day enforcement campaign, we helped make Illinois roads safer and spread the word that seat belts save lives,” said Sergeant Robert Salazar.

While Illinois’ 2020 seat belt compliance rate was 94.6%, unbelted occupants still account for over half of those killed in traffic crashes.

The “Click It or Ticket” campaign aims to change the behavior of the millions of people who don’t buckle up.

Thousands of lives could be saved each year if every vehicle occupant was properly restrained when traveling.

During the enforcement period, the Algonquin Police Department wrote 27 citations for seat belt violations and took the following additional actions:

• 1 child car seat citation
• 2 DUI arrests
• 1 felony arrest
• 6 traffic arrests
• 18 other traffic citations
• 3 distracted driving citations
• 46 speeding citations

The Illinois “Click It or Ticket” campaign is administered by the Illinois Department of
Transportation with federal highway safety funds.