Don't get pulled over and get a ticket fromt the $17,000 seat belt study.  It appears that the Campton Hills Police Department will be pulling over a lot of people for seat belt violations over Thanksgiving.  In an article by the Chronicle entitled:

Campton Hills to begin stepped-up traffic enforcement

see  www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2009/11/09/14576137/index.xml

the author wrote: 

If you're tooling down Route 64 through the Village of Campton Hills this Thanksgiving season, better have your seat belt on, your child properly restrained and do the speed limit.

If you don't and get caught by police, expect not only to get a citation, but a lecture and educational material on speeding and the use of restraint devices.

Campton Hills Police will conduct the first of five enforcement campaigns on seat belt and speeding violations during the Thanksgiving period beginning Saturday, Nov. 14, through Saturday, Dec. 5. The additional enforcement will be in areas where accidents involving serious injury and death occurred, Police Chief Greg Anderson said. 

It really amazes me that the voters choose to incorporate a village, can't afford the village, are now defending a $10,000,000 dollar lawsuit against the village and now plan on exercising a enforcement campaign between November 14th and December 5th.  What is most astounding is that the department received over a $17,000 grant to conduct the campaign.....wow!!!!!  Now at least I know where part of the stimulus package is going.  Nothing better than a seat belt ticket campaign.

So, while your thankful for all your blessings over the holidays, make sure that you take time to give thanks that the stimulus package is spending $17,000 to educate our drivers on the importance of wearing your seat belt. 

Nothing surprises me anymore!