I remember “click it or ticket.”. People voted for the cops to only be able to ticket someone for not wearing a seatbelt IF and only if they had pulled you over for something else. After We The People voted to allow that the politicians later changed it to “if cop thinks you’re not wearing a seatbelt he (yes he) can pull you over just for that. Sneaky bastards.
Hubby and I were in our 1978 Chevy cargo van a couple years ago and got pulled over by a YOUNG cop who thought we weren’t wearing seat belts. Imagine his surprise upon seeing our LAP belts. No shoulder belts back in that day. He was NOT happy. Hubby had a hard time not laughing at him. HAHA!