To emphasize the importance of wearing seat belts, the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning will have its spring Click It or Ticket enforcement campaign today through June 1.

During the two-week period that includes Memorial Day weekend, the Michigan State Police, along with officers from city and county police departments across the state, will be actively conducting seat belt enforcement, according to a news release from the state OHSP.

The state in 2023 had 223 people killed while not wearing seat belts, which accounted for 39.5% of all fatalities for which seat belt use was known in Michigan, according to the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.

While the number of unrestrained vehicle-occupant fatalities in Michigan decreased from 232 in 2022 to 223 in 20

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