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Croton Cops To Run Weeklong 'Click It Or Ticket' Campaign
The campaign will be conducted as Croton-Harmon schools hold their first full week of classes.
CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY — The Croton Police Department will conduct a local "Click It or Ticket" campaign during the week of Sept. 14 that is aimed at ensuring motorists buckle up for safety.
Officers will be conducting the campaign throughout the village in conjunction with the resumption of in-person classes at Croton-Harmon schools, department officials said.
This campaign is sponsored by the New York State Governor's Traffic Safety Committee.
New York State estimates that 93 percent of motorists in New York use their seat belts. While that is a high rate of compliance, the goal is 100 percent.
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New York State law requires that all front-seat occupants must be properly secured, regardless of age, and that all rear-seat passengers under the age of 16 be properly secured in a seat belt or in a car seat appropriate for their age.
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