Posted on 05/31/2006 9:42:50 AM PDT by from occupied ga
Some states require front and back seat. That's BS!!!!
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/outreach/state_laws-belts04/safeylaws-states.htm
As of July 2004, 21 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have primary safety belt laws. New Hamphire is the only state that has no adult safety belt law.
| State | Who is Covered? In What Seat? |
Date of Passage | Maximum Fine First Offense |
|
Alabama |
6+ yrs. in front seat |
1999 |
$25 |
|
California |
16+ yrs. in all seats |
1993 |
$20 |
|
Connecticut |
4+ yrs. in front seat |
1986 |
$15 |
|
Delaware |
16+ in all seats |
2003 |
$25 |
|
D.C. |
16+ yrs. in all seats |
1997 |
$50 |
|
Georgia |
6-17 yrs. in all seats; 18+ yrs. in front seat |
1996 |
$15 |
|
Hawaii |
4-17 yrs. in all seats; 18+ yrs. in front seat |
1985 |
$45 |
|
Illinois |
6+ yrs. in front seat; all in all seats if driver is younger than 18 yrs. |
2003 |
$25 |
|
Indiana |
16+ yrs. in front seat |
1998 |
$25 |
|
Iowa |
11+ yrs. in front seat |
1986 |
$10 |
|
Louisiana |
13+ in front seat |
1995 |
$25 |
|
Maryland |
16+ yrs. in front seat |
1997 |
$25 |
|
Michigan |
4-15 yrs. in all seats; 4+ yrs. in front seat |
2000 |
$25 |
|
New Jersey |
7 yrs. and younger and 80+ lbs.; 8-17 yrs. in all seats; 18+ yrs. in front seat |
1999 |
$20 |
|
New Mexico |
18+ yrs. in all seats |
1986 |
$25 |
|
New York |
16 + yrs. in all seats |
1984 |
$50 |
|
North Carolina |
16+ yrs. in front seat |
1985 |
$25 |
|
Oklahoma |
All in front seat |
1997 |
$20 |
|
Oregon |
16+ in all seats |
1990 |
$75 |
|
Tennessee |
4+ yrs. in front seats |
2004 |
$10 |
|
Texas |
4-16 yrs. in all seats; 17+ yrs. in front seat |
1985 |
$200 |
|
Washington |
All in all seats |
2002 |
$101 |
|
Puerto Rico |
All in all seats |
1975 |
$10 |
| State | Who is Covered? In What Seat? |
Maximum Fine First Offense |
|
Alaska |
16+ yrs. in all seats |
$15 |
|
Arizona |
5-15 yrs. in all seats; 5+ yrs. in front seat |
$10 |
|
Arkansas |
15+ yrs. in front seat |
$25 |
|
Colorado |
16+ yrs. in front seat |
$15 |
|
Florida |
6-17 yrs. in all seats; 6+ yrs. in front seat |
$30 |
|
Idaho |
4+ yrs. in all seats |
$25 |
|
Kansas |
14+ yrs. in front seat |
$10 |
|
Kentucky |
More than 40 inches in all seats |
$25 |
|
Maine |
18+ yrs. in all seats |
$50 |
|
Massachusetts |
12+ yrs. in all seats |
$25 |
|
Minnesota |
3-10 yrs. in all seats; all in front seat |
$25 |
|
Mississippi |
4-7 yrs. in all seats; 8+ yrs. in front seat; law is primary for under 8 yrs. |
$25 |
|
Missouri |
4-15 yrs. in all seats; 4+ yrs. in front seat; law is primary for under 16 yrs. |
$10 |
|
Montana |
6+ yrs. in all seats |
$20 |
|
Nebraska |
18+ yrs. in front seat |
$25 |
|
Nevada |
5+ yrs. in all seats |
$25 |
|
New Hampshire |
-- |
|
|
North Dakota |
18+ yrs. in front seat |
$20 |
|
Ohio |
4+ yrs. in front seat |
$30 dvr.; $20 pass. |
|
Pennsylvania |
18+ in front seat; 8-17 yrs. in all seats |
$10 |
|
Rhode Island |
7+ yrs in all seats; law is primary for under 18 yrs. (eff. 7/05) |
$57 |
|
South Carolina |
6+ yrs. in front seat; 6+ yrs. in rear seat w/shoulder belt; law is primary for under 18 yrs. |
$10 |
|
South Dakota |
5+ yrs. in front seat |
$20 |
|
Utah |
16+ yrs. in all seats; law is primary for under 19 yrs. |
$45 |
|
Vermont |
16+ yrs in all seats |
$25 |
|
Virginia |
16+ yrs. in front seat |
$25 |
|
West Virginia |
9-17 yrs. in all seats; 9+ yrs. in front seat |
$25 |
|
Wisconsin |
4+ yrs in front seat; 4-15 yrs. in rear seat w/shoulder belt |
$10 |
|
Wyoming |
5+ yrs. in all seats |
$25 dvr.; $10 pass. |
One of the definitions of insanity is to keep doing the same things over and over, hoping for a different result.
This looks like an absolute meltdown.
You forgot power
Until they mandate Dayglo colors, or flashing headlights if you don't have it buckled.
Disagreement with a law is no reason to whine about the fines you get when you are caught breaking them.
I would much rather it not be a law but it is and I respect the Rule of Law and how it was put in place.
So by your rational, slavery was acceptable because it was supported by law.
I have offered my resolution to this issue. That being make cars require seatbelts to operate. Funny how noone wanted to talk about that SOLUTION because to many are too busy caling names and screaming about their "rights".
Your resolution is ridiculous and you are totally missing the point of everyone's argument. As to crying about being called names, stop acting like a communist and people won't call you one.
No seat belt law has been ruled unconstitutional nor will it ever be. The reason being is that choice is available, that is another point that I have made that goes undisputed.
Well, it must be nice having all those options in the city, but out here in rural America we can't take a taxi to work. You take away my car, you take away my ability to provide a living for myself. Call me lazy, but I will not ride my bicycle 25 miles through the snow.
When you rail againt the rule of law you rail against the very basic notion of conservatism, for when there is no law there is nothing left to conserve.
So, if I understand you correctly, the government is here to make rules for us to live by.
The statement you made about the deer running into people's cars is probably the dumbest thing I've read all day. Any collision with an animal that would knock an unsecured driver into the passenger seat of their car would almost certainly cause a secured driver to jerk the wheel in a manner which would have the same effect.
You claim that you are leaving Free Republic because the majority of people here refuse to conform to your idea of what a government is supposed to be. You should check out Democratic Underground. I'm confidant you will fit in there.
I never said seatbelts don't help. I just posted the information provided by the same state that said they saved lives in this article.
Lights and seatbelts are as different as night and day. Not having lights, or brakes, or turn signals can harm others. Wearing or not wearing a seatbelt only injures the person who chooses one way or the other.
My husband and his best friend are both alive today because they were NOT wearing seat belts when an idiot ran a red light and hit them broadside some years ago.
I'm alive today because I WAS wearing a seatbelt when some idiot crossed a major highway and I slammed my brakes and went into a ditch instead of hitting him broadside.
I got my drivers license in the 1970's, long before seat belt laws, and was taught to use a seat belt. I don't need the daggonned grubbermint telling me to wear it. Wearing it doesn't make me a better driver.
OOPS.....my bad.
Sorry. I also meant to say on my last post that this admission of yours that I am educated and informed constitutes progress.
I hope it continues.
Not quite at 99% around here.........illegals don't have real licenses.
I LIKE Walter Williams!
And he didn't even ping me!! :-((
What misdirection?
all I did was post a statistic issued by the same state (where I live) that basically says the nanny state is not working, even though they claim the opposite.
My argument is not against wearing or not wearing a seatbelt, my gripe is with the mandate of it.
Some A-holes kept me busy almost all day, just working in responses to this thread in-between my three jobs.
Sorry, it won't happen again.
Wait, No, i didn't mean you.
I was referring to my name being in the meltdown post you were commenting on. :-)
3 jobs?? Wow.
I know, Joe.
I meant to start out with "Neither did I".
Been a long day.
Long story.
I'll tell you about it sometime, but not tonight.
Keep up the good fight.
Thanks, you too! And hopefully a good nights sleep!
Alternately, I have my JD with fancy shot glass and a fresh pot of coffee. The night is young. :-)
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