Click It or Ticket Thanksgiving 2025

This Thanksgiving holiday, the Batesville Police Department is teaming up with the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to remind drivers, and everyone in the car to buckle up. This high-visibility Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign, which runs from November 22-30, 2025, focuses on reducing the number of fatalities that occur when vehicle passengers fail to buckle up. If law enforcement spot someone unbelted, they will pull the driver over and issue a ticket.

During the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in 2023 (6 p.m. on Wednesday, November 22, to 5:59 a.m. on Monday, November 27), there were 309 passenger vehicle occupants killed in traffic crashes across the nation, and 44% (135) were unrestrained. Not wearing a seat belt proved to be deadly at any time of the day during the holiday weekend: 47% of those killed in nighttime crashes were unbuckled, and 38% of those killed in daytime crashes also were unbuckled. These deaths represent needless tragedies for families across America and may have been prevented with the simple click of a seat belt.

We are reminding the public that wearing a seatbelt is one of the simplest and most effective ways to prevent serious injury or death in a crash. As part of our ongoing commitment to roadway safety, officers will be increasing patrols, working overtime and enforcing seatbelt laws to ensure every driver and passenger is properly buckled up. 

Loved ones gather on Thanksgiving to share fun stories - don't let yours be about the ticket you just got for not buckling up. Click It or Ticket.