Thread: Seatbelt Laws

As you've probably heard by now, the primary seatbelt law has passed committee and will be sent to the legislature for debate and a vote. I think wearing your seatbelt is the right thing to do. I'm just not happy about this law. It will be impossible to enforce and it's your word against the police officers' when your in court. I don't think it's being done in the interest of public safety. This is just like the...

Thanks for the comments. Just to let you all know I will be goign to court to challenge this citation. I will write of the outcome.

Jamie, most traffic tickets come down to one's word against the other, so seat belt law enforcement won't be anything new. I am not sure where I stand personally on belts, but on the Law side it will certainly clear up a longstanding double standard that the legislature placed on the enforcement of the law... what other law can you think of that was passed and cops were told not to enforce "X" unless "A" was also...

Hi all: I just found out about this MB and was just perusing and found the post about Seat Belts. I just wanted to make a couple of comments. I don't want to overly presumptuous that all of you live in the Chasn. area, but I don't know. Driving without a Seat Belt in the Chasn. area is like playing Russian Roulette with a pistol and one bullet. I have been rear ended two times in the last two years by someone driving too fast and too...

Do your civic duty and contest your citation in court. Heck, ask for a jury trial and defend yourself in court. Chances are your charge will be dismissed simply because the court doesn't want to "waste its time." More people need to challenge traffic violations in court.

jimbo - may I add my sorrows for your loss. Your post reminded me of a defensive driving course I had to take for work years ago. A video called "Room to Live". A trooper told the tales of actual wrecks and the real people in the wrecks. He had the cars of each wreck. After he told the story and described what happened to the people, he would then crawl in to this mass of wrenched sheet metal and shattered glass. He would make his...

Creeker! Checking out the other boards?

Whoops! Sorry about that fellas. I checked out your website. Looks good. Lot's of good stuff on there.

Personally, I think that wearing a seatbelt is a great idea and it does save lives- and I do it. However, do we really need the Gov't telling us to do so, and actually forcing us (by threatening us with a fine, ticket, etc...) to do it? I think that with our rights, come our responsibilities... and as long as the gov't is making us do the right thing, and it is not us deciding to do the right thing, we are losing some rights as...

Alright - I'm no expert on law by any means - but I will tell you what I KNOW! I actually heard this on the radio the other day - police CANNOT pull you over just for not wearing your seat belt and give you a ticket. NOW, if you are pulled over for erratic driving, failure to yield or something like that, they CAN tack on a seat belt fine. Now, as a mother of 2 boys, I will tell you that seatbelts are always worn in our cars. Here's...