They go from secondary offense to primary to zero tolerance in ever instance of this seat belt crap. It's called incrementalism. Here in Indiana, we are a couple years ahead of you. We have 8 million statist laws that basically say kids have to be tied down with duct tape backwards in the backseat in a booster cage until age 28.
The nanny safety statists are one of the biggest threats to freedom in our time.
I remembered when Indiana went to its seatbelt law back in 1987. If I remember right, Prosecutor Jeff Modisett was pushing real hard for the IN General Assembly to pass a primary seatbelt law. One time, I got an unjustified speeding ticket as an excuse for the cop to check seatbelt use. The Sheriff's deputy mentioned it was Modisett's special program for Marion County. It cost me $200 to get the speeding ticket dismissed - attorney cost. This was back in 1991. I remember when the original belt law went into effect, there was a so-called promise not to make it primary.
Same crap here in Colorado. The primary belt bill failed to pass by one vote here ! Since 1997, this primary enforcement bill has came up int he state house each year ! It was originally pushed by a Retired State Patrol Major. This retired Major got pissed when people disagreed with him when opposing this "annual bill". At one time, they did the same thing with the helmet for motorcyclist until the early 1990's. Us motorists, unlike motorcyclist, don't have a lobbying group. There is one group that can help if people know about them and choose to join. It is the
National Motorists Association. The were the organization that got 65/55 mph speed limit repealed back in 1995/1996.
An interesting afterthough. The AAMVA's Driver License Agreement when signed by a given state will require points for seatbelt violation. The was in the original Real ID Act and is in the HR4437 - House Immigration Bill passed last December under the Scott Gardner Act.
They go from secondary offense to primary to zero tolerance in ever instance of this seat belt crap. It's called incrementalism. Here in Indiana, we are a couple years ahead of you. We have 8 million statist laws that basically say kids have to be tied down with duct tape backwards in the backseat in a booster cage until age 28.
The nanny safety statists are one of the biggest threats to freedom in our time.