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Click It or Ticket Campaign Kickoff

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May 15, 2015                                                                                    

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Click It or Ticket Campaign Kickoff
Seat belts remain the single most effective piece of protective equipment


WHAT:          
Commercial truck drivers, law enforcement officers, and public health professionals will highlight the importance of seat belt use.

WHO:              
Columbus Public Health’s Franklin County Safe Communities Program in partnership with the Ohio State Highway Patrol and FedEx Ground. Speakers include: Franklin County Safe Communities Andrea Hauser; Ohio State Highway Patrol, Licensing and Commercial Standards Unit Lt. Kelly Weakley, FedEx Ground Corporate Safety Specialist, Ron Noel, and Ohio Truck Association Driver of the Year, Tim Livingston

WHEN:          
10 a.m., Monday, May 18

WHERE:        
FedEx Ground Columbus Hub (6120 S Meadows DR, Grove City)
Event will take place in the FedEx parking lot off Seeds Road 
(Tents will be available in case of rain.)
From London-Groveport Road, turn south onto S Meadows Drive, take the first right onto Seeds Road. Parking lot will be on your right.

DETAILS:      
Buckling up is both effective and required by federal regulations; however, in Franklin County, 3 out of every 10 drivers of large trucks don’t use their seat belts. We are partnering with FedEx Ground and local truck drivers to encourage those who drive large trucks to always wear their seat belts. Tim Livingston, Ohio Truck Association Drive of the Year, will be sharing his personal story and passion for seat belts. State and local law enforcement agencies are also teaming up to crack down on motorists who are not buckling up. Seat belt use saves thousands of lives across America each year. In 2012 alone, seat belts saved an estimated 12,174 lives nationwide. 

Seat belts remain the single most effective piece of protective equipment in vehicles today, yet 2 out of every 10 Franklin County residents do not regularly wear a seat belt. Regular safety belt use is the single most effective way to reduce fatalities in motor vehicle crashes. 

Additional truck drivers will be on hand for interviews. A “no-zone” display will be set up to identify a large truck’s blind spots. Media will be allowed to sit in vehicles and trucks to visualize what each motorist can and cannot see.

EDITOR’S  NOTE:            
The 2015 Click It or Ticket enforcement mobilization runs from May 18 to May 31, 2015.

MORE INFO: For more information, visit Columbus Public Health at www.publichealth.columbus.gov