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Click It or Ticket

Click It or Ticket is a high visibility enforcement program designed to raise safety belt usage and save people from death and serious injury on the streets and highways.

The program will use educational radio messages recorded personally by chiefs and sheriffs, along with stepped-up enforcement, to send a strong message that safety belts save lives.

The Click It or Ticket campaign is currently used in 18 other states and the District of Columbia. In other Click It or Ticket campaigns, the occupant restraint usage rate increased by more than 10 percent, meaning that thousands of previously unbuckled drivers and passengers began using safety belts and child safety seats.

The campaign consists of strict enforcement, strong educational messages in the form of ads on most radio stations in the area, and numerous public appearances by officers on behalf of the program.

Virginia's statewide safety belt compliance rate is currently 75.6.% (2022).


May 2024 Click It or Ticket (CIOT) Campaign

May 13 to June 2, 2024, is this year's statewide Click It or Ticket campaign, urging everyone to buckle up for safety. This campaign aims to enlighten communities about the importance of wearing seat belts. Regardless of the distance of your trip, you must always wear a seat belt.

Social Media

DMV's Highway Safety Office encourages our partners to utilize the provided resources on their social media accounts to amplify the message of seat belt safety.  

We further encourage our partners to collaborate with local businesses to display buckle-up messages in storefronts, restaurants, schools, and other relevant locations, including marquee boards.

For Law Enforcement Agencies

CIOT Yard Signs (For Law Enforcement Only): DRIVE SMART Virginia has hundreds of FREE CIOT yard signs available from their online store. They are located on the bottom of the page under the "law enforcement only" section: https://www.drivesmartva.org/store/

Law Enforcement Agencies with highway safety grants must conduct pre- and post-surveys for the CIOT mobilization. Attached are the PDF files containing the surveys for both the pre and post-mobilization assessments, along with the Final Enforcement Activity Reporting Worksheet.

All TREDS data entry is required and due by June 28, 2024.  

When entering data into TREDS, put it under Click It or Ticket 2024 May Mobilization.  

We thank you for your ongoing dedication and support in saving lives on Virginia's roads.

Thank you! Buckle Up and Drive Safe!

 

 

 

State Safety Belt Usage Rate (2022):

75.6%

2021 Rate: 81.7%

Send us your Click It or Ticket photos!

Email us your photos and we'll put them online and maybe in the SS&S Calendar or Newsletter! Here's how to do it:

  1. Compose an email message to vachiefs@email.smugmug.com with the subject "vacp-sss" (DON'T include the quotes, and DON'T include any other characters).
  2. In the body, write a short, one-line description, such as "Harrisonburg CIOT" or "Warren Co. CPS class" or "Salem PD Checkpoint".
  3. Attach your full-size photos — DON'T size them down for email.
  4. Click SEND.

That's it!!

Click It or Ticket Photos