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Type of Safety Belt Use Laws, by State: As of 2001
1Primary enforcement allows police officers to stop
vehicles and write citations whenever they observe violations of safety belt
laws. Secondary enforcement permits police officers to write a citation only
after a vehicle is stopped for some other traffic violation.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, “Summary of Vehicle Occupant Protection Laws,
4th Edition,” January 2001.