05/14/2026
Click It or Ticket
Join the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s safety initiative to educate the public about the importance of seat belt safety.
Overview
• Drivers will see more law enforcement on the road from May 13 to May 31, 2026 as part of the Click It or Tickethigh-visibility seat belt enforcement campaign.
• If law enforcement spot someone unbelted, they will pull the driver over and issue a ticket.
• Law enforcement write tickets to save lives.
Remind People to Buckle Up
• One of the safest choices drivers and passengers can make is to buckle up.
• Buckle up all the time — for short trips and long trips, and in every seating position.
• The right seat belt fit matters:
o The shoulder belt should lay flat across the middle of your chest and away from your neck.
o The lap belt should fit across your hips, not your stomach.
o Never put the shoulder belt behind your back or under your arm.
• Seat belts are the best defense against impaired, aggressive, and distracted drivers. Being buckled up during a crash helps keep you safe and secure inside your vehicle; the seat belt slows you down and spreads crash forces over the strongest parts of your body.
• We have come a long way with increasing seat belt use over the years, but we still have a problem to address considering that seat belt use varies by time of day, seating position, and region of the United States.
• Despite steady increases in observed seat belt use, approximately half of all passenger vehicle deaths are unrestrained.
Avoid the Consequences – Buckle Up
• Buckling up helps keep you safe and secure inside your vehicle, whereas not buckling up can result in being totally ejected from the vehicle in a crash, which is almost always deadly.
• Improperly wearing a seat belt, such as putting the strap below your arm, puts you and your children at risk in a crash.
• Air bags are not enough to protect you; in fact, the force of an air bag can seriously injure or even kill you if you’re not buckled up.
�For more information, visit https://www.nhtsa.gov/SeatBelts