Seat belt use on Route 66 to be targeted by authorities

Highway patrol troopers and state police officers from Oklahoma, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri, Kansas and Illinois will enforce seat belt laws along the famed “Mother Road,” said Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Lt. Ben Crockett, who is the program coordinator.

The Route 66 enforcement effort began in 2010 with a few law enforcement agencies in central Oklahoma. The extra enforcement on State Highway 66 in Oklahoma is done four times a year, the release states.