Click It or Ticket (CIOT) is a statewide, high visibility enforcement effort designed to detect violators of safety belt and child safety seat laws. Part of a national mobilization effort to increase safety belt use, CIOT uses a proven combination of highly visible enforcement and intense public awareness campaigns over a two-week blitz period during the Memorial Day holiday period. While the program is statewide, heavy emphasis is focused on the Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Lubbock, Garland, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi and El Paso metropolitan areas.

The goal of CIOT is to save lives and reduce injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes. Television, radio, print, and billboard advertising aimed at raising awareness of safety belt laws and the consequences of not buckling up begins in late April and continues through early June.

If selected to participate in the two-week CIOT campaign, law enforcement agencies must conduct the following activities:

To view the appropriate timelines of these CIOT activities, see the STEP Mobilization Calendar, located under “STEP Tool Box” on the .

To review the grant procedures for CIOT, see the located on the eGrants Help Page.