All this week, police will be enforcing seat belt safety with their "Click It or Ticket" campaign. State police, along with local law enforcement, will be enforcing seat belt safety this week.

For a state trooper, it's very easy to identify who's wearing a seat belt and who isn't. Spotting a driver or passenger in the car without their seat belt on isn't that tough for police to see.

"It's too late to reach for your seat belt after you've passed us because you were clearly operating without it," says 1st Sgt. Bryan Hutcheson, Virginia State Police.

During "Click It or Ticket," they'll especially be on the lookout for those who don't buckle up. Even if you think you're buckling up by having just the lap belt on, it's still grounds for getting a ticket.

"You have to have the shoulder and the lap belt on. It has to be properly clipped on or else you're in violation of the law so you have to have both at all times," says Hutcheson.

While you can't get pulled over for just not wearing your seat belt. If the officer finds that you or the passenger isn't buckled in, that's $25 a passenger and a $50 fine if a child isn't strapped in correctly.

After last year's campaign, Virginia's statewide safety belt compliance rate was 79.9 percent, which was just short of the 82-percent goal. However, nearly one in four Virginians still fail to regularly wear their seat belts when inside a vehicle.

"As a general rule, more people are wearing them than they have in the past," says Hutcheson. "It's just a matter of getting that, now they're wearing most of the time, and getting the message across, wear it all the time if you're going on a long trip or a real short trip, make it a habit and then you don't have to think about it anymore. You should always wear it no matter what."

Not only is it important to spread awareness, but state police also say, when worn correctly, seat belts have proven to reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat passengers by 45 percent. At least 67 people killed in Virginia traffic crashes in the first 60 days this year were not buckled up.