ST. PAUL, Minn. –– The Minnesota State Patrol’s latest one-week “Click It or Ticket” campaign led to 1,036 seat belt citations and 48 child restraint citations statewide. Some 257 police agencies participated as part of the Patrol’s larger “Toward Zero Deaths” project. Among citations:
> St. Paul police stopped a vehicle on a freeway because the front passenger was feeding a 3-week-old baby who was not properly restrained.
> Cottage Grove police stopped a vehicle at 90 mph in a 65 zone. A 3-year-old was in the car with no car seat or seat belt. Also: The driver was drunk.
> Chisago County deputies stopped a vehicle at 63 mph in a 40 zone with a 5-year-old child in the backseat without a restraint system. The deputy waited with the mother and child while the father went to get a car seat.
> Hastings police stopped a vehicle where two people were not wearing seat belts and a child was not properly secured.