In honor of the 10-year anniversary of the state passing the primary seat belt law, Minnesota is conducting a two-week “Click It Or Ticket” campaign to catch drivers and passengers who fail to wear their seat belt on the road. The primary seat belt law went on the books on June 9, 2009 in honor […]
More Than 18,000 Minnesotans Arrested For DUI This Year
More than 18,000 Minnesotans have been arrested and charged with driving while impaired in 2018, and that number steadily grew during the recent DUI crackdown, which ran from August 17 through September 2. According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety’s twitter page, there have been 18,568 DUI arrests in Minnesota […]
Minnesota Click It Or Ticket Runs Now Through October 30
If you’re going to be on the road during these last two weeks of October, you’re going to want to make sure everyone in your vehicle is buckled up before you hit the road, because Minnesota is in the midst of a statewide seat belt crackdown. The crackdown is part of the national Click It […]
More Than 7,000 Ticketed During Seatbelt Campaign
Late last month, we warned readers that authorities were planning on conducting an expanded Click It or Ticket campaign from May 23 through June 5. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety recently tallied the numbers, and they uncovered that 7,233 individuals were cited for failing to wear a seat belt during […]
Primary Violation Seat Belt Law Saving Lives In Minnesota
Five years ago the Minnesota Legislature made a change to the state’s seat belt law, changing the violation to a primary offense. The change meant that drivers could now be pulled over if an officer spotted someone driving without using a seat belt, even if that was the only traffic law they were breaking. Previously, when it […]