During a crash, safety belts provide the most effective protection against being ejected from a vehicle or thrown around violently inside it. That’s why 77 percent of passenger vehicle occupants who are buckled up survive a serious traffic crash.

To prevent needless deaths and serious injuries, the City if Kiel Police Department along with law enforcement agencies from all over Wisconsin will be patrolling in greater numbers and for longer hours during the "Click It or Ticket" safety belt enforcement mobilization from May 19 to June 1.

The Click It or Ticket message is clear. If you’re stopped by an officer and aren’t wearing a safety belt, you will get a ticket whether you’re driving or just a passenger. No excuses will be accepted, and you won’t get a warning or a second chance.

Our goal is not to write more tickets but to save lives and prevent needless injuries by getting more people to buckle up voluntarily. But if voluntarily compliance fails, we are prepared to enforce the state’s mandatory safety belt law. It only takes a second to buckle up and avoid a ticket—or even worse—a violent death.

Thank you.

Dave Funkhouser

Chief of Police