Table 2-3. Key Provisions of Safety Belt Use Laws: 2000,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, State,Effective1,Enforcement2,,Fine,,,Seats,,Vehicles exempted3 Alabama,7/18/92,,Primary,,$25 ,,,Front,Designed for more than 10 passengers Alaska,9/12/90,,Secondary,,$15 ,,,All,School bus Arizona,1/1/91,,Secondary,,$10 ,,,Front,Designed for more than 10 passengers; model year before 1972 Arkansas,7/15/91,,Secondary,,$25 ,4,,Front,"School bus, church bus, public bus" California,1/1/86,,Primary,,$20 ,5,,All,None Colorado,7/1/87,,Secondary,,$15 ,,,Front,"Passenger bus, school bus" Connecticut,1/1/86,,Primary,,$15 ,,,Front,"Truck or bus over 15,000 lbs." Delaware,1/1/92,,Secondary,,$20 ,,,Front,None District of Columbia,12/12/85,,Primary,,$50 ,6,,All,Seating more than 8 people Florida,7/1/86,,Secondary,,$30 ,,,Front,"School bus, public bus, truck over 5,000 lbs." Georgia,9/1/88,,Primary,,$15 ,,,Front,"Designed for more than 10 passengers, pickup" Hawaii,2/16/85,,Primary,,$45 ,,,Front,"Bus or school bus over 10,000 lbs." Idaho,7/1/86,,Secondary,,$5 ,,,Front,"Over 8,000 lbs." Illinois,7/1/85,,Secondary,,$25 ,,,Front,None Indiana,7/1/87,,Primary,,$25 ,,,Front,"Truck, tractor, RV" Iowa,7/1/86,,Primary,,$10 ,,,Front,None Kansas,7/1/86,,Secondary,,$10 ,,,Front,"Designed for more than 10 people, truck over 12,000 lbs." Kentucky,7/13/94,,Secondary,,$25 ,,,All,Designed for more than 10 people Louisiana,7/1/86,,Primary,,$25 ,7,,Front,Manufactured before 1/1/81 Maine,12/27/95,,Secondary,,$50 ,,,All,None Maryland,7/1/86,,Primary,,$25 ,,,Front,Historic vehicle Massachusetts,2/1/94,,Secondary,,$25 ,,,All,"Truck over 18,000 lbs., bus, taxi" Michigan,7/1/85,,Primary,,$25 ,,,Front,Bus Minnesota,8/1/86,,Secondary,,$25 ,,,Front,Farm pickup truck Mississippi,3/20/90,,Secondary,,$25 ,,,Front,"Farm vehicle, bus" Missouri,9/28/85,,Secondary,,$10 ,,,Front,"Designed for more than 10 people, truck over 12,000 lbs." Montana,10/1/87,,Secondary,,$20 ,,,All,None Nebraska,1/1/93,,Secondary,,$25 ,,,Front,Manufactured before 1973 Nevada,7/1/87,,Secondary,,$25 ,,,All,"Taxi, bus, school bus" New Hampshire,None,,NA,,NA,,,NA,NA New Jersey,3/1/85,,Secondary,,$20 ,,,Front,None New Mexico,1/1/86,,Primary,,$25 ,,,Front,"Vehicle over 10,000 lbs." New York,12/1/84,,Primary,,$50 ,,,Front,"Bus, school bus, taxi" North Carolina,10/1/85,,Primary,,$25 ,,,Front,Designed for more than 10 people North Dakota,7/14/94,,Secondary,,$20 ,,,Front,Designed for more than 10 people Ohio,5/6/86,,Secondary,,$25 ,,,Front,None Oklahoma,2/1/87,,Primary,,$20 ,,,Front,"Farm vehicle, truck, truck tractor, RV" Oregon,12/7/90,,Primary,,$75 ,,,All,None Pennsylvania,11/23/87,,Secondary,,$10 ,,,Front,"Truck over 7,000 lbs." Rhode Island,6/18/91,,Secondary,,$50 ,,,All,None South Carolina,7/1/89,,Secondary,,$10 ,,,All,"School bus, public bus" South Dakota,1/1/95,,Secondary,,$20 ,,,Front,"Bus, school bus" Tennessee,4/21/86,,Secondary,,$50 ,,,Front,"Vehicle over 8,500 lbs." Texas,9/1/85,,Primary,,$50 ,,,Front,"Designed for more than 10 people, truck over 15,000 lbs." Utah,4/28/86,,Secondary,,$45 ,,,Front,"Vehicle over 10,000 lbs., school/public bus, taxi" Vermont,1/1/94,,Secondary,,$10 ,,,All,"Bus, taxi" Virginia,1/1/88,,Secondary,,$25 ,,,Front,"Designed for more than 10 people, taxi" Washington,6/11/86,,Secondary,,$35 ,,,All,Designed for more than 10 people West Virginia,9/1/93,,Secondary,,$25 ,,,Front,Designed for more than 10 people Wisconsin,12/1/87,,Secondary,,$10 ,,,All,"Taxi, farm truck" Wyoming,6/8/89,,Secondary,,$25,,,Front,"Designed for more than 10 people, bus" ,,,,,,,,, 1 Effective date of first belt law in the state; 2 Primary enforcement enables police officers to stop vehicles and write citations whenever they observe a violation of the seat belt law. Secondary enforcement allows police officers to write a citation for seat belt infractions only after stopping a vehicle for some other traffic infraction; 3 Most states exempt vehicles not manufactured with seat belts; 4 Plus 3 points on license; 5 Fine for first offense; 6 Plus 2 points on license; 7 Penalty could include 30 days in jail. ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, KEY: NA = not applicable; RV = recreational vehicle.,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, "SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2000, Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2000.pdf as of Jan. 4, 2002.",,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,