Monday, June 22, 2009

Emphasis Patrol Nets Lots Of People Not Wearing Seatbelts

Spokane County law enforcement officers wrote 351 citations this spring for people not wearing seat belts during their annual “click it or ticket” emphasis patrols.

The Washington Traffic Safety Commission today released results from the night time enforcement period from May 21 through June 7.

In addition to the seat belt violations, officers made 10 arrests; three for driving while intoxicated, six for outstanding misdemeanor warrants, and one for an unspecified felony.

They wrote up 128 drivers for speeding, three for aggressive driving, two for reckless driving, 16 for child passenger safety restraint violations and 71 for no insurance.

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About SRTC

SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.

SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.