Better buckle your seatbelts. On Friday, state and local police began the annual Buckle Up New York campaign.

The campaign hopes to save nearly 150 lives and more than $400 million in taxpayers dollars each year. During last year's campaign, state troopers issued 16,000 tickets to drivers for not wearing their seatbelts. Fines for driving without a seatbelt range from $25 up to more than $100.

The campaign will continue through the Thanksgiving holiday. Troopers have set up checkpoints along the Thruway.