Picture Car Glossary
road lockoff or ITC (Intermittent Traffic Control)
What is a road lockoff or ITC (Intermittent Traffic Control)?
Updated June 2026 · Revolution Picture Cars
Also called ITC, rolling lockoff, or traffic hold.
A road lockoff or ITC (Intermittent Traffic Control) is a permitted, coordinated road closure or traffic management plan that allows picture car sequences to be filmed safely on public streets.
A lockoff requires coordination with local law enforcement and traffic authorities, production-employed traffic control personnel, approved traffic management plans, and often community notification. ITC is used when a full closure is not practical holding civilian traffic at intervals to allow picture cars through during takes before reopening the road between shots.
Example
Officers hold traffic for three minutes at a time so a car can run a stretch of live road with nothing else in frame. The permitted hold length, not the number of takes wanted, sets how many passes the day gets.
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Where you'll see it
Permitted through locations, delivered by police or certified flaggers, and the gate on any road sequence.
Common mistake
Planning the number of passes before knowing the permitted hold length. The hold time, not the shot list, determines how many attempts the day actually contains.
Related questions
- What is intermittent traffic control?
- Briefly holding traffic, usually a few minutes at a time, so a vehicle sequence can run on a live road with nothing else in frame.
- Who provides it?
- Police or certified flaggers under the permit's conditions, arranged by the locations department and billed to the production.
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