Virginia State Police officers are starting a seatbelt and child restraint enforcement campaign on Sunday.
The week-long safety program -- Click It or Ticket -- isn't new, but state and local police are beefing up enforcement to drive home the message that seat belts and child restraints save lives.
At least 67 of the 107 passengers or drivers killed in car accidents in the first 60 days of 2008 were not buckled up, according to Corinne Geller, spokeswoman for the Virginia State Police.
One of those victims was a child under the age of 8 who wasn't strapped into a safety seat, Geller said. Eight-een more pedestrians have been killed on traffic accidents, most of which occurred in Northern Virginia, she said.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration touts another statistic to promote buckling up: 55 percent of surviving vehicle occupants involved in fatal crashes were restrained.
-- Lillian Kafka
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