Law enforcement officers in Moore County issued 91 tickets for failure to use seat belts and/or child safety seats during the first week of the spring “Click It or Ticket” campaign.

Officers throughout the state ticketed more than 8,000 drivers and passengers for similar violations during the week.

From May 14-20, officers at 17 checkpoints in Moore County charged 17 motorists with driving while impaired, 195 with speeding, 21 with driving while their licenses were revoked, 31 with driving without a license and 99 with other traffic violations.

They also filed three misdemeanor drug charges and one felony charge and discovered another 11 criminal violations.

Statewide, officers wrote 7,454 seat-belt tickets and 586 child passenger safety tickets. They charged 911 motorists with DWI. They discovered a total of 28,149 violations, including 293 drug charges, 26 stolen vehicles and eight fugitives from justice.

The campaign continues through June 3.

The goal of “Click It or Ticket” is to boost seat belt use, paying particular attention to unrestrained children. All children under age 16 must be buckled up no matter where they ride in the vehicle.

Children under age 5and weighing less than 40 pounds must ride in a child passenger safety seat — in the back seat, if the vehicle has an active passenger-side airbag.