It’s coming around again.

The summer travel season. And with that comes the “Click It or Ticket” seat belt enforcement campaign.

Every year, law enforcement agencies across the country — including many in Kitsap County — take time out for special patrols looking for drivers and passengers who are too careless, foolhardy or forgetful for their own good.

They’re the people who don’t buckle up, despite repeated warnings that doing so could save their lives or keep them from serious injuries if they happen to get into a car crash.

This year’s “Click It or Ticket” campaign is May 22 through June 4 and runs through Memorial Day, one of the busiest travel/holiday weekends of the year.

Police officers on Bainbridge Island will be looking for drivers and passengers not strapped in, and the extra enforcement patrols will be happening off-island, as well, with officers from Poulsbo, Suquamish, Bremerton, Naval Base Kitsap and Port Orchard police departments, plus the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office and the Washington State Patrol, participating in “Click It or Ticket.”

During the Click It or Ticket campaign, in Kitsap County, the Bainbridge Island, Bremerton, Naval Base Kitsap, Port Orchard, Poulsbo and Suquamish Police Departments, the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office and the Washington State Patrol will be placing special emphasis on seat belt and proper child restraint use.

According to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, motor vehicle crashes continue to be a leading cause of unintentional death among children.

From 2011-2015, nearly half — 48 percent — of child fatalities caused by a vehicular collision had unknown or no restraint use; 15 percent of those were under 13 years of age and illegally riding in the front seat; and 21 percent were riding without a booster, restrained only by a lap/shoulder seat belt.

Officials note that the majority of these tragedies likely could have been avoided had these children been properly restrained.

Be safe, be smart, this summer. Buckle up, and make sure any children in your car are also safely strapped in.