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Seat belt laws for front seat passengers in the U.S. as of 2009
Primary enforcement
Secondary enforcement, but primary under certain ages
Secondary enforcement
Primary enforcement for minors, no enforcement for adults
Most
seat belt legislation in the United States
is left to the states. However, the first seat belt law was a federal
law which took effect on January 1, 1968 that required all vehicles
(except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all designated seating
positions. This law has since been modified to require three-point seat
belts in outboard seating positions, and finally three-point seat belts
in all seating positions. Initially, seat belt use was not compulsory.
New York
was the first state to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to
wear seat belts, a law that came into effect on December 1, 1984.
U.S. seatbelt legislation may be subject to primary enforcement or
secondary enforcement. Primary enforcement allows a police officer to
stop and ticket a driver if s/he observes a violation. Secondary
enforcement means that a police officer may only stop or cite a driver
for a seatbelt violation if the driver committed another primary
violation (such as speeding, running a stop sign, etc.) at the same
time.
New Hampshire is the only U.S. state that does not by law require drivers to wear safety belts while operating a motor vehicle.
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