The Ohio State Highway Patrol participated in a 6-state trooper project that resulted in a high number of citations handed out for safety belt violations.
From May 23rd to May 30th, the six-state trooper project held a safety belt enforcement period, where a total of 4,712 were cited in the state of Ohio alone with safety belt violations.
A total of 151 drivers were also cited for child safety seat citations in Ohio. Throughout the six states that participated, a total of 9,590 drivers were cited with safety belt violations and 527 child safety seat violations.
Even though the safety belt law remains a secondary violation, the Ohio State Highway Patrol says that they will continue to run zero-tolerance enforcement when motorists are stopped for any other violation and are found to be not wearing their seat belts.
The six-state trooper project included the Indiana State Police, Kentucky State Police, Michigan State Police, Pennsylvania State Police, West Virginia State Police, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
