Police ticketing for seat-belt violations in annual campaign

ATLANTA - Police in Georgia wrote 33,208 citations last spring during the ``Click It or Ticket&#39;&#39; campaign cracking down on motorists not using seat belts and child-restraint seats. <br> <br> Beginning Monday and going through May 31, police will again be on the lookout for people not buckling up as the Governor&#39;s Office of Highway Safety kicks off the second annual ``Click It or Ticket&#39;&#39; push. <br> <br> Last spring, more than 7,700 police checkpoints were involved. Besides the tickets for seat-belt violations, police wrote about 2,900 citations for failing to properly restrain child passengers. Those checkpoints also yielded about 1,700 drunken driving arrests. <br> <br> Anyone 4 years old and older riding in the front seat must be wearing a seat belt. Children 2 and younger in a car must be in a child-restraint seat. Children 3 and 4 must be restrained by at least a seat belt. <br> <br> Seat belt laws do not apply in pickup trucks, although child-restraint laws still apply. <br> <br> Fines for seat-belt violations are $15, and $50 for child-restraint violations.

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