The Dalles Police Department will be joining the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and law enforcement nationwide for the Click It or Ticket high-visibility seat belt enforcement campaign starting on Monday and continuing through the end of the month.  A statement by the department says they want to remind people that one of the safest choices drivers and passengers can make is to buckle up for short trips and long ones.  The right seat belt fit matters, the shoulder belt should lay flat across the middle of your chest and away from your neck.  The lap belt should fit across your hips, not your stomach.  Never put the shoulder belt behind your back or under your arm.  Despite steady increases in observed seat belt use, approximately half of all passenger vehicle deaths are unrestrained.  Buckling up helps keep you safe and secure inside your vehicle, whereas not buckling up can result in being totally ejected from the vehicle in a crash, which is almost always deadly.