Princeton Police Department officers plan to crack down on unbuckled motorists and passengers as part of the national Click it or Ticket campaign.
The annual initiative includes high visibility law enforcement seat belt checkpoints and saturation patrols, as well as local and national publicity designed to describe the life-saving value of seat belts.
The campaign is set to being May 20 and running through June 2.
According to the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety, last year the front seat belt usage rate in New Jersey declined for the first time in 15 years to 88.29 percent.
During the 2012 Click it or Ticket campaign, 425 police agencies participated in the two-week initiative. Law enforcement officers issued 29,307 seat belt citations, 4,951 speeding summonses and made 861 drunk driving arrests.
More information is online at princetonnj.gov/police/.
