Click It or Ticket
Click It or Ticket is a high-visibility education and enforcement
campaign of Tennessee's seat belt laws. If you are unbuckled or have
children in the vehicle not properly restrained and are stopped by
law enforcement, you will be ticketed.
Sponsored by the Governor's Highway Safety Office, Tennessee's law
enforcement agencies and public health officials, Click It or Ticket
aims to reduce serious injuries and fatalities on Tennessee's
roadways by reminding everyone to buckle up.
The Click It or Ticket enforcement blitz is scheduled for periods
surrounding Memorial Day and Thanksgiving. Drivers
and passengers are always subject to the law when in a moving
vehicle. The current Southeast Campaign for aggressive driving and
Click It or Ticket is called 100 Days of Summer Heat. For more
information, click here.
Drivers are responsible for themselves and for all child passengers
less than age 18 in the front or back seat. Licensed passengers 16
or older are responsible for themselves and will be ticketed instead
of the driver.
Children and youth under the age of 18 are covered under the Child
Passenger Safety Law. Any person transporting a child who is under
one year of age, and weighs 20 pounds or less, regardless of age,
must use a rear-facing child passenger restraint system that meets
federal standards. Any person transporting any child between the
ages of one and three who weighs more than 20 pounds must use a
forward-facing child passenger restraint system. Any driver
transporting a child between the ages of four and eight who is less
than 4’9 tall is responsible to see that a belt positioning booster
seat system is used. Such systems must be used in the back
seat, if available, or according to the child safety restraint
system or vehicle manufacturer's instructions. NHTSA specifications
- For more information contact your regional CPS Center:
- East – East Tennessee State University: 1.877.267.4528
- Middle TN CPS Center - Meharry Medical College: 615.327.5900
- West TN CPS Center: Shelby County Office of Early Childhood and Youth: 901.526.1822
The law requires the proper use of
whatever seat belt system the seating position provides. Vehicles
equipped with air bags also provide lap and shoulder belts that must
be worn. Some vehicles have automatic shoulder belts with lap belts
that are fastened manually. These manual lap belts must be used for
compliance and for maximum protection.
Click It or Ticket is an annual campaign that takes place statewide in Tennessee and throughout a five state region that also includes South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. In 2009, Tennessee's statewide seatbelt usage was 80.64%.
Governor's
Highway Safety Office, James K. Polk Building, 505 Deaderick Street,
Suite 1800
Nashville, TN 37243
Office: 615.741.2589
1.800.99 BELTS
Fax: 615.253.5523
"We're going to save lives"
