BATON ROUGE, La. - Law enforcement officers across Louisiana are handing out citations to anyone in a car, truck, SUV, or van who isn’t wearing a seat belt during the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission’s Click It or Ticket campaign, now through Saturday.

The goal of the campaign is to keep travelers safe during the Thanksgiving season. Drivers and passengers who don’t buckle up could get a $50 ticket.

“Everyone in the vehicle must be buckled up,” LHSC Executive Director Lisa Freeman said. “The seat belt law applies to everyone, whether you’re driving, in the back seat, or in the back row of an SUV.”

Seat belt violations are a primary offense in Louisiana, meaning that a law enforcement officer can stop a vehicle solely because the officer observed one or more people in the vehicle not

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