Police Take Part in Spring 2025 Click It or Ticket Campaign

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Arlington County Police Department, in partnership with The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), is urging drivers to buckle up ahead of a national Click It or Ticket high-visibility seat belt enforcement and education effort. The national seat belt campaign, which coincides with the Memorial Day holiday, runs from May 19 to June 1, 2025. 

One of the safest choices drivers and passengers can make is to buckle up. 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. According to NHTSA, the national seat belt daytime use rate in 2023 was 91.9%, which is good — but it can be better. Despite steady increases in observed seat belt use, approximately half of all passenger vehicle deaths are unrestrained. 

Virginia law requires everyone under the age of 18 to be properly secured in a safety belt or child safety seat no matter where they are sitting in the vehicle, and the driver is responsible for making sure this happens. In addition, Virginia law requires everyone in the front seat of vehicles to be properly restrained, regardless of age, and those 18 and older can be ticketed.  

Practice safe driving habits, like buckling your seat belt, on each and every ride to help ensure that you arrive at your destination safely. For more information on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s NHTSA Click It or Ticket campaign, visit their website.   

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