Monmouth and Ocean County Seat Belt Campaign
Monmouth and Ocean County will participate in an annual seat-belt enforcement campaign which runs from May 18 to May 31. Pam Fischer, the director of the State Division of Highway Traffic Safety commented, "I think the one message we really want to get out to the public is the most effective safety device in an automobile is a seat belt. We really want everyone to understand how important it is to buckle up." Drivers who wear a seat belt reduce their chance of being injured or killed in a crash by up to 75%. According to the Asbury Park Press, during last year's seat belt campaign, police in New Jersey issued 46,026 summonses for failure to wear a seat belt and 6,831 speeding tickets, and made 642 drunk driving arrests.
Moreover, according to the article, this year's local grant recipients are Allenhurst, Deal, Eatontown, Freehold Township, Holmdel, Interlaken, Keansburg, Keyport, Marlboro, Middletown, the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office, Neptune, Spring Lake Heights, Union Beach, West Long Branch, Barnegat, Berkeley, Lacey, Lakehurst, Lakewood, Little Egg Harbor, Manchester, Stafford and Toms River.
