Southington Police Pull Over More Than 150 Vehicles in Week-Long Seat Belt Enforcement Initiative

SOUTHINGTON, CT — Soutington police on Wednesday release the statistics from a seven-day seat belt enforcement program.

The program was funded through the federal Click It of Ticket initiative. Rovinmg patrols were conducted from Nov. 21 through 28.

Here are the results:

• 38 Motorists were cited for failure to wear seat belts
• 8 Motorists were cited for cell phone violations
• 7 Motorists were cited for speeding
• 1 Motorist was cited for an an uninsured motor vehicle
• 39 motorists were cited for other traffic violations
• In addition to the citations listed. there were also 60 written warnings and 13 verbal
• warnings issued during the time frame for various violations, police said.
• In all, police made 166 total stops.

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