More Than 78,000 Citations Issued During Click It-Or-Ticket Campaign

"Click It or Ticket" campaign,

including more than 17,000 for drivers and passengers who failed to buckle up.

Officers statewide conducted more than 4,200 checkpoints and stepped-up patrol during the campaign, which began Aug. 22 and ended Sept. 7. They cited more than 2,400 motorists for DWI violations.

Last week in North Carolina, officers wrote a total of 6,736 safety-belt and 667 child-passenger safety violations.

Counties with the highest number of safety-belt violations include Mecklenburg (1,455), Wake (462), Durham (359) and Buncombe (227).

Eleven additional counties recorded at least 100 safety-belt citations each, including Catawba (121), Cleveland (111), Davidson (125), Gaston (125), Guilford (109), Iredell (105), Johnston (105), Pitt (136), Robeson (134), Union (119) and Wayne (142).