CPSO Is Doing Buckle Up In Your Truck Campaign
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff s Office is participating in a new campaign to crackdown on unrestrained drivers. The campaign is called Buckle Up In Your Truc. It kicked off on April 17 and is ending this weekend on April 24. The campaign is in partnership with the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission.
CPSO will conduct a seat belt checkpoint at an undisclosed location this Saturday, April 24. The checkpoint will focus on individuals not wearing seat belts in pick-up trucks or any other types of vehicle. Being someone who has been in a few accidents myself, I know the importance of wearing your seat belt. While many will talk about the discomfort of being strapped in and some would even complain about the wrinkling of their clothes, it does save lives. I would much rather look like my shirt just came out the dryer than possibly being carried off on a stretcher.
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The results from the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission are in and they don t look good for pickup truck drivers in Louisiana. The findings suggest that pickups are twice as likely to roll over in vehicle accidents and the passengers in these trucks are less likely to be wearing their seat belts. Certainly not a good combination.
My oldest son is a firefighter/EMT and he s witnessed several occasions where a pickup truck occupant was ejected due to not wearing their seat belt and he s said that it nearly always comes with the most severe of consequences.
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Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator wants to make sure our roads are safe for law-abiding citizens and he s not playing around. That s why this Friday evening, Good Friday, April 2nd, 2021, Caddo Parish is holding a safety checkpoint. I think it s safe to say we all know that it s never okay to drink and drive. Adulting can really stink at times, but it s on us to make sure that before we start drinking we have a sober driver lined up or a rideshare app ready to go on our phones.
This Friday s safety checkpoint will be held in northern Caddo Parish from 10 pm to 2 am at an undisclosed location. Prator s office says the checkpoint is intended to make parish roads safer and reduce traffic deaths and injuries by identifying alcohol and drug-impaired drivers, seatbelt violators, and other traffic offenders. The policing is a part of the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign and law enforcement will show zero tolerance for drunk or drugged