Law enforcement agencies around the state are participating in the national Click it or Ticket campaign from now until June 6.
As part of this specialized enforcement, officers will be writing citations to unrestrained motorists and conducting high-visibility patrols during the enforcement period. Under Indiana’s primary seat belt law, officers can stop and cite drivers and passengers just for failing to wear a seat belt. Drivers can also be cited for each unbuckled passenger under the age of 16, and children under eight must be properly restrained in a federally-approved child or booster seat.
Throughout the campaign, officers will be taking a no-excuses approach to seat belt enforcement, which means anyone caught not wearing one will receive a citation.
The high-visibility patrols are paid for with funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), administered by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI).
According to the NHTSA, seat belts have saved more than 69,000 lives in the U.S. between 2015 and 2019.
