BRIEFLY 900-PLUS TICKETED IN SEAT-BELT SWEEP.LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - More than 900 citations were issued May 24 through Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. in Lancaster to people who weren't were·n't Contraction of were not. weren't were not wearing seat belts or whose children weren't buckled up, sheriff's officials said. The tickets were issued in a two-week campaign called ``Click It or Ticket'' to remind people to use seat belts, officials said. The 927 citations were issued for more than 1,200 violations, including instances when adults were cited for children not in seat belts or car seats, officials said. Deputies said they got one thank-you thank-you n. An expression of gratitude: said their thank-yous and departed. from a motorist who came into the Lancaster sheriff's station and told the watch commander that he had been in a crash a day after he got a ticket for not wearing a seat belt. The man said he believed he would have suffered serious injuries if he had not been wearing his seat belt in the crash, deputies said. - Daily News |
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