Programs

Walk Your Child to School Day

• Designed to create safer routes for walking and bicycling. Sidewalks, education programs and traffic calming measures are some of the ways to improve conditions;
• Enhance the health of kids. Increased physical activity can combat a host of health problems facing kids today; and
• To improve air quality and the environment. Replacing car trips to school with walking or bicycling can help reduce air pollution.

Click it or Ticket

• Click it or Ticket is a high-publicity law enforcement effort that gives people more of a reason to buckle up — the increased threat of a traffic ticket.
• Most people buckle up for safety. But for some people, it is the threat of the ticket that spurs them to put on a safety belt.
• In Click It or Ticket programs, law enforcement agencies are being asked to mobilize to focus on safety belt violations and publicize the stepped-up effort through news media and advertising.
• It is the two-pronged approach that makes these campaigns powerful: Not only are tickets issued to unbelted motorists, but the surrounding publicity ensures that people know they are more likely to get a ticket.
• Maryland law enforcement is very active at both the state and local levels with the Click it or Ticket campaign.

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