On May 23, 2016, the New York State Police, the Town of Lewisboro Police Department, and the Ridgefield Police Department (CT) conducted a Border to Border Buckle Up Detail in the area of State Route 35 in the Towns of Lewisboro and Ridgefield. As a result of the detail, 47 Uniform Traffic Tickets were issued, including 12 for not wearing a seat belt, 9 operating a motor vehicle while using a cell phone (not hands free), and 26 other Vehicle and Traffic Law violations. Two Unlawful Possession of Marihuana arrests (a violation) were made during the detail as well.
Read more about details planned until June 4.
Buckle Up New York!
More than 600 police agencies across the state joined the New York State Police in this latest high visibility, "zero tolerance" enforcement effort. The campaign is intended to save lives by ensuring all motorists and their passengers are buckled up.
Across the state, Troopers conducted more than 90 safety restraint checkpoints throughout the 14-day enforcement period. Multiple interagency occupant restraint details including Troopers, deputies, and police officers resulted in over 33,000 safety restraint citations.
Under New York State law:
All front seat occupants must be properly secured, regardless of age;
All rear seat passengers under 16 years of age must be properly secured;
Children up to the age of 4 must be properly restrained in a federally approved child safety seat that is attached to a vehicle by a seat belt or universal child restraint anchorage (LATCH) system.
Children less than age 4 but weighing more than 40 poundsmay be restrained in a booster seat with a lap/shoulder safety belt. However, a child safety seat that accommodates higher weights can be used.
Children ages 4, 5, 6 and 7 must be properly secured in an appropriate child restraint* system, one for which the child meets the height and weight recommendations of the child restraint manufacturer.
A vehicle's safety belt is NOT a child restraint system.
Children riding in booster seats must be secured with a combination lap/shoulder seat belt, NEVER secure a child in a booster seat with only a lap belt.
* An appropriate child restraint system is one that meets the child's size and weight recommended by the manufacturer.