Radio brings up a lot of topics and makes me search some statistics that are sometimes funny and others interesting. Waiting to get for my delivery today at a truck stop that supports my internet connection, I did a little research after a call on the radio about road users that were getting tickets and no seat belts. I didn’t quite understood where it was but here is a stat from Wikipedia.
In January of 2007, all the states of the union except one had a seat belt law. The one being New-Hampshire. That state only requires that passengers under 18 years of age to be buckled up. However, as the road signs in the state say:” Under 18, Common sense for all”
25 states and the D.C. area have primary offence dispositions for the seat belts. In other words, you can be pulled over for that, the other 24 only have it as a secondary offence. You will get an extra ticket if the officer sees it after you have broken another traffic law.
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Personally, I encourage the use of the seat belt, even if from time to time I need to be remembered.
Jean Catudal
Sources
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation#United_States
Canadian Safety Council
http://www.safety-council.org/news/sc/2006/pres-jan.html
US DOT “Click It or Ticket”
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/airbags/buckleplan/mayplanner2003/clickit.html
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