Portland, Ore. – Drivers who choose to drive impaired, not use their safety restraints, drive distracted or make other dangerous driving decisions should expect to draw the attention of law enforcement officers statewide during the 2015 Memorial Day holiday weekend. Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers, county sheriffs and local police officers will step up enforcement efforts, now through May 31, 2015, to help save lives by cracking down on traffic violators.
The increased enforcement efforts, part of the national “Click It or Ticket” campaign, cover the Memorial Day holiday period, which begins 6:00 p.m., Friday, May 22 and ends at 11:59 p.m., Monday, May 25. The focus will be on ensuring passengers are properly buckled up; child passengers are in the right restraint system; and impaired drivers are removed from the road.
Oregon safety restraint law requires the following:
* Child passengers weighing less than forty pounds must be restrained in a child seat.
* Children under one year or weighing less than twenty pounds must be restrained in a rear-facing child seat.
* A child over forty pounds must be restrained in either a child seat or a booster seat appropriate for the child’s size until he/she reaches age eight or 4’9″ tall AND the adult belt system fits properly.
* Best practice (but not Oregon law): Children age 12 and under should sit in the back seat due to airbag dangers.
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