[capt. norm]

The seatbelt law was passed here in Florida with the promise that it would have to always be a 'secondary offense'. In other words, the traffic stop would have to be based on some offense other than failure to use a seatbelt.

Next time the lawmakers make a promise, remember what they did to this one.

[RobRoy]

"The seatbelt law was passed here in Florida with the promise that it would have to always be a 'secondary offense'. "

Yes, same here in Washington state. I think it is the same story in pretty much every state where the law has had a chance to "mature".

[rwfromkansas]

Perhaps you guys in Florida need to be as vocal as in KS. They tried to make it a primary offense two or three years ago, but the folks in Topeka backed off when they got quite a few angry phone calls from the people back home.