HCPD Aggressively Enforcing Seat Belt Laws this Month

If you were driving near the intersection of Snowden River Parkway and Robert Fulton Drive around 2 p.m. on Thursday in Columbia you may have noticed a line of four police cars pulled over with officers walking around outside their cars.

The police were looking for seatbelt violators, said one of the officers who was posted on a grassy island where Robert Fulton Drive merged into the northbound lanes of Snowden River Parkway. The officer's position on the island gave him an ideal vantage point to check drivers and passengers for belts as they slowed down to merge onto Snowden River.

Throughout May and into early June, Maryland law enforcement officers will be aggressively enforcing Maryland’s seat belt laws, according to Sherry Llewellyn, a spokesperson for the Howard County Police Department. 

The effort is part of the Maryland Highway Safety Office’s “Click it or Ticket” campaign. In Maryland, drivers who are caught not wearing their seat belt receive a $25 ticket for their first offense, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association.

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