Motorists are reminded to wear their seat belts this holiday week – the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is promoting their Click It or Ticket seat belt awareness campaign. From Wednesday, November 27th through Monday, December 2nd the Click It or Ticket campaign will be held with a goal of reducing the number of fatalities and serious injuries that occur when people neglect using seat belts.

According to the NHTSA, during the 2022 Thanksgiving holiday weekend there were 326 passenger vehicle occupants killed in traffic crashes across the country, with 43 percent of those unrestrained. So far this year, Iowa has 309 traffic fatalities with at least 90 of those not using a seat belt.  Remember to buckle up.