New code enforcement aimed toward seat belts
1:56 p.m. Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Earlier this year lawmakers decided drivers and passengers 14 to 17 years old needed to wear their seat belts while riding in a car regardless of whether they're the driver or a passenger and whether they're in the front seat or the back seat.
The law actually went into effect last July, but officers have only been handing out warnings. Beginning Jan. 1, those warnings turn into actual tickets, which carry a fine of $60.
This new law also makes it possible for officers to pull someone over solely for a seat-belt violation.
Previously, seat-belt enforcement was a secondary violation.
In other words, you could get cited if you were pulled over for something else, but the seat-belt infraction alone was not something you could get pulled over for.
Now, it is.
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