'Click It or Ticket' Campaign in Full Force

Buckle up, Trenton. Seat belt safety zones are now in effect and are stepping up their patrols over the next two weeks.

With the launch of the national Click It or Ticket campaign on Monday, Trenton officers will be hitting the city streets extra hard in the afternoon, evening and overnight hours.

"The Click It or Ticket campaign is one of the reasons Michigan has always been a leader in reducing traffic fatalities through a high seat belt use rate," Michael L. Prince, Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) director, said on the OHSP website. "Since their introduction, seat belts have saved lives, and we want people to take advantage of this simple yet effective safety device."

Trenton residents commented on the Trenton Patch Facebook page that they've seen the crackdown in full force first hand.

• Julie Kennedy Carpenter: Just got home from running errands on West Road and they are all over the place........one cop standing on the grass at Grange and West with a radio and letting the cops up ahead know! :)

• Kelly Grignon: It's the week before Memorial Weekend. It's a STATE WIDE click-it-or-ticket campaign. It's not a way for cities to make money, seatbelt tickets cost diddly. It's one of the most highly traveled holidays so they want everyone to be as safe as possible."

• Brenda Hurdt Murdock: Trenton is not the only city doing this... every city is.. Wyandotte is also doing this too... So click it or be ticketed...."

Michigan law requires that all drivers and passengers age 15 and younger be buckled up, regardless of seating position. Children must be in a car seat or booster seat until they are 8 years old or 4 feet 9 inches tall.

The increased patrols go through June 3 statewide. The additional hours and manpower required during the Click It or Ticket campaign is supported with federal traffic safety funds, administered by OHSP.

Here are the Trenton enforcement zones in effect during the campaign:

May 25:

• Multi-city night patrols, including Trenton, 9 p.m.

May 26

• Multi-city night patrols, including Trenton, 9 p.m.

May 27

• West and Grange, 7 a.m.

June 1

• Multi-city night patrols, including Trenton, 9 p.m.

June 2

• Multi-city night patrols, including Trenton, 9 p.m.

Find a complete list of seat belt enforcement zones across the state here.