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Table 2-3. Key Provisions of Safety Belt Use Laws: 2000
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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 |
$254 |
Front |
School bus, church bus, public bus |
California |
1/1/86 |
Primary |
$205 |
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 |
$506 |
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 |
$257 |
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.
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