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America's Seat Belt Campaign

Click It or Ticket (CIOT) is the most successful seat belt enforcement campaign ever, helping create the highest national seat belt usage rate of 84 percent. Coast to coast, day or night, the message is simple - Click It or Ticket.

CIOT National Mobilization - The cornerstone of NHTSA's seat belt communications program is the national Click It or Ticket May Mobilization. The primary audience continues to be men ages 18 to 34, which research shows are less likely to wear seat belts.

Day and Night, Cops are Cracking Down

Every year during this holiday period, law enforcement agencies join forces day and night, from coast-to-coast, for an enforcement blitz that delivers on our message Click It or Ticket. The mobilization is supported by national and local paid advertising and earned media campaigns aimed at raising awareness before the blitz that ... Day or Night - Click It or Ticket.

National Communications Strategy

For more information about the CIOT Campaign and national occupant protection communications plan, please see below:

Evaluation Reports

 
latest news
CIOT History Fact Sheet
Mobilization Timeline
 
campaign information
2010 Campaign Planner
 
tools
Communications Calendar
 
PEAK
Products for Enforcement Action Kit (PEAK)
NHTSA Regional Law Enforcement Liaisons (LEL)
Nighttime Enforcement Strategies
Nighttime Enforcement Zone Procedures
 
reports
Use Rates in the States and Territories
Results Among Occupants Traveling With Children
Belt Use in Rear Seats