Seat Belt Laws and Fines by State

[Keith and stuff]

• 33 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have primary seat belt laws for front seat occupants.
  Rear Seats: In 16 of these states, D.C., Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, rear seats are also primary enforcement. In 4 of these states, rear seats are secondary. The remaining 13 and the Virgin Islands have no belt requirement for adults in rear seats.
  
  
• 16 states have secondary laws. In many of these states, the law is primary for younger drivers and/or passengers.
  Rear Seats: In 7 of these states, rear seats are also included. The remaining 10 have no belt requirements for adults in rear seats.
  
  
• New Hampshire has enacted neither a primary nor a secondary seat belt law for adults, although the state does have a primary child passenger safety law that covers all drivers and passengers under 18.

Fines range from $0 in New Hampshire to $200 per person in Texas. California is up to $162 a person, that's $648 for a family of 4 if they all take off their jackets while waiting at a railroad crossing.

See what the fines are in your state.
http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/seatbelt_laws.html

 

[Keith and stuff]

Here are some not so fun seat belt signs. The government doesn't trust us to do anything right

 

[Anti Federalist]

1989...

"I'm telling you, there will come a time, not too far off, where seat belt laws will be "primary enforcement" and there will be roadblocks and checkpoints, and it will cost a whole fuck of a lot more that $20 bucks!"

"Ah g'wan, yer nuts!"

 

[willwash]

Can anyone find the GA seat belt sign that is clearly the Confederate Flag?

 

[Keith and stuff]

Can anyone find the GA seat belt sign that is clearly the Confederate Flag?

This?

 

[willwash]

This?

Yeah that's the one.

 

[Keith and stuff]

1989...

"I'm telling you, there will come a time, not too far off, where seat belt laws will be "primary enforcement" and there will be roadblocks and checkpoints, and it will cost a whole fuck of a lot more that $20 bucks!"

"Ah g'wan, yer nuts!"

It seems that every year, some seat belt laws are made tougher. Starting October 1st, the law was just strengthened in Maryland.

New Maryland Cell Phone, Seat Belt Laws Take Effect Tuesday, Oct. 1
http://woodbridge-va.patch.com/grou...hone-seat-belt-laws-take-effect-tuesday-oct-1

Another law taking effect will require all passengers to wear seat belts while traveling in the backseat of any vehicle. The new law is a secondary offense and carries a $50 fine. Children 16 and under were covered by existing state law (except children under 8 who are 4 feet 9 inches or taller), but the fine for violating that law will rise to match the fine for adults, according to the AAA release.

And furthermore, drivers will no longer be allowed to have more passengers than seat belts in a car, according to the release.

 

[Origanalist]

1989...

"I'm telling you, there will come a time, not too far off, where seat belt laws will be "primary enforcement" and there will be roadblocks and checkpoints, and it will cost a whole fuck of a lot more that $20 bucks!"

"Ah g'wan, yer nuts!"

They would never lie to us......

 

[Southron]

I absolutely hate seat belt laws. Some states allow you exemptions if your vehicle is old enough and did not originally come with seat belts. In NC you can generally get by without a seatbelt in cars made before 68 and pickups made before 71. I just use lap belt in my 72 pickup since that's what it originally came with.

 

[Anti Federalist]

I absolutely hate seat belt laws. Some states allow you exemptions if your vehicle is old enough and did not originally come with seat belts. In NC you can generally get by without a seatbelt in cars made before 68 and pickups made before 71. I just use lap belt in my 72 pickup since that's what it originally came with.

Oh, the Horror.

 

[invisible]

1989...

"I'm telling you, there will come a time, not too far off, where seat belt laws will be "primary enforcement" and there will be roadblocks and checkpoints, and it will cost a whole fuck of a lot more that $20 bucks!"

"Ah g'wan, yer nuts!"

I seem to remember this crap coming in around 1985, not 1989.
I also seem to remember repeatedly saying pretty much that exact same thing, and receiving pretty much the exact same response.

 

[Keith and stuff]

Most seat belt legislation in the United States is left to the states. However, the first seat belt law was a federal law which took effect on January 1, 1968 that required all vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all designated seating positions. This law has since been modified to require three-point seat belts in outboard seating positions, and finally three-point seat belts in all seating positions. Initially, seat belt use was not compulsory. New York was the first state to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts, a law that came into effect on December 1, 1984.

Westchester County Department of Public Safety Police Officer Nicholas Cimmino became the first law enforcement officer in New York State, and thus the nation, to ticket a driver for failure to wear a seat belt while operating a motor vehicle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation_in_the_United_States

Northern New England was the last region in the country to enact adult seat belt laws. 1994 in VT. 1995 in ME. Never in NH.

They started in NY than spread to NJ, MI and TX. Soon other states followed the example New York and Texas helped start.

 

[presence]

 

[surf]

3rd post in a couple minutes, so forgive me, but I received a seat belt ticket in the '90s while riding in the back seat of a car that was getting a speeding ticket.

I took the time to contest it and drug up some studies and statistics that showed that wearing a lap-belt was actually more detrimental in an accident than going unbuckled. judge didn't care and I lost.

 

[oyarde]

My state is $25 , I have pd it twice.I have rolls of quarters set aside for this.

 

[Keith and stuff]

3rd post in a couple minutes, so forgive me, but I received a seat belt ticket in the '90s while riding in the back seat of a car that was getting a speeding ticket.

I took the time to contest it and drug up some studies and statistics that showed that wearing a lap-belt was actually more detrimental in an accident than going unbuckled. judge didn't care and I lost.

I know someone that rolled over a SUV. He said that he didn't have a seat belt on and was thrown from the SUV. He claimed that his seat was crushed so not having a seat belt on saved his life.

 

[oyarde]

3rd post in a couple minutes, so forgive me, but I received a seat belt ticket in the '90s while riding in the back seat of a car that was getting a speeding ticket.

I took the time to contest it and drug up some studies and statistics that showed that wearing a lap-belt was actually more detrimental in an accident than going unbuckled. judge didn't care and I lost.

If you went to all that trouble and he did not give in you should have mooned him on the way out , lol

 

[Occam's Banana]

3rd post in a couple minutes, so forgive me, but I received a seat belt ticket in the '90s while riding in the back seat of a car that was getting a speeding ticket.

I took the time to contest it and drug up some studies and statistics that showed that wearing a lap-belt was actually more detrimental in an accident than going unbuckled. judge didn't care and I lost.

Well, "the law is the law," after all!

This just goes to show that the purpose of these "laws" is NOT to "protect" us or make us "safe" - it is to fill the "public" coffers so that cops, prosecutors, judges, politicians, etc. can pay themselves (& their "friends") to do more things to "protect" us and make us "safe" ...

 

[eduardo89]

They honestly don't bug me, there are bigger issues to contend with. I support them for minors.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

This "SAFETY" Seat-belt mandates... layers of laws is sponsored by: The Auto & Life Insurance corporations.

PS: Have your Auto and Life insurance policy/premiums gone down in price since all the 'SAFETY' seat belt laws enacted? Yeah, thought so... scammed once again by the FASCIST CON GAME