Wilton PD Advises Motorists to Buckle Up Around Thanksgiving

WILTON, CT —Police are advising motorists that there will be a heightened awareness and enforcement of seat belt-related regulations over the long Thanksgiving weekend.

"Law enforcement officials are out on Connecticut's roads enforcing the State Occupant Protection laws and issuing citations to thoe who are unbuckled," police said in a release, touting their "Click It or Ticket" campaign.

In 2015, seat belts saved an estimated 13,941 people from dying, and nearly 64,000 were saved between 2011 and 2015, according to the state Department of Transportation. The remain the best defense against impaired, aggressive and distracted drivers.

Image via CT State Department of Transporation