More than 130 Seatbelt Scofflaws Ticketed in Recent Campaign

Oak Forest police wrote more than 130 tickets for not wearing a seatbeat in a recent May crackdown, officials announced Tuesday.

The conducted a citywide "traffic enforcement campaign" to find those driving without seatbelts, police said. More than 120 vehicles were stopped during the Memorial Day effort.

“Our hope is that the highly visible presence of our officers will remind vehicle occupants to wear their seatbelts,” said Deputy Police Chief Dominic D’Ambrosio in a statement to the media. “It is crucial to keep children buckled at all times.”

The "Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program" is funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Division of Traffic Safety through the U.S. Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to Oak Forest police. The purpose is to "promote traffic safety on highways" with the main goals of reducing the number of crashes, injures and deaths, increasing seatbelt use and decreasing the amount of drunken or impaired driving.

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