Seat belt legislation

vehicle accidents. Related issues and consequences The seat belt law various from state to state. There are 34 states that have primary seat belt laws, 25 with secondary and one state that do not have any. These laws also differ in who should wear seat belts while in a vehicle. Some require only the driver and front passenger to wear seat belts based on age and weight and other required all passenger to wear the seat belts. Another variation between the states in the violation fee…

What is the government's role in protecting you from yourself? Restrictions such as mandatory seat belt laws, mandatory helmet laws, and certain drug laws violate personal freedoms and liberties. Our government’s role in creating laws follows the following: “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our prosperity” (U.S. Const. Preamble). The governing entities around the…

seatbelt is often what prevents the passengers from dying. A majority of American states have accordingly made legislation requiring drivers to buckle up or face a punishment. However, the regulation of seatbelts has become a point of controversy. Some states enforce primary seatbelt laws, which means one can be punished for not wearing a seatbelt alone. Other states use secondary seatbelt laws, which only result in punishment when the driver has neglected another regulation. The debate between…

Sometimes, seat belts supposedly mitigate their potentially injurious and fatal side effects. Nine out of ten passengers wear them while riding in a vehicle (IIHS). Anne Teigen of the National Conference of State Legislatures writes that in thirty-four states and Washington, D.C., which are primary-enforcement territories, a police officer can ticket the culprits, not just the driver, just for not wearing seat belts (Teigen, Occupant Protection). Meanwhile, in the other states, where…

South Dakota is one of eighteen states that passed a “Secondary Law” saying that police officers need another reason for pulling someone over before citing an occupant for failing to buckle up. This reason can be anything from having a broken taillight or failing to stop at a stop sign. South Dakota’s law; however, states that the “driver and the front seat passenger must be wearing a seatbelt, that is properly adjusted and fastened, at all times while the vehicle is in forward motion”…

goal is to persuade you that seat belt laws are a prime example of government overstepping its bounds, chipping away at our right to freedom, and generating revenue in the process. Anything you do in life contains some element of risk. Sensible people understand that and act accordingly, because most people do not want to be a casualty. Adult drivers should know the probability of risk in driving, and be able to make their own choices as to how best to handle the situation. The points that I…

school either passed away or were severely injured because they did not wear their seatbelts. The National Transportation Safety Board has recognized for many years that car crashes are accountable for more deaths than all other transportation types combined. More than 90% of all transportation deaths are caused by highway crashes. According to Danielle Roeber of the National Transportation Safety Board, the single most effective way to prevent injuries and death on the highway is to wear a…

an overwhelming 75 percent? This is the stark reality of our seat-belt laws that are in effect today. Choosing to wear a seat belt is a wise decision to make, however, passing a law to make the wearing of seat belts mandatory and punishable by law is a glaring infringement upon our civil liberties. In 1985 seat-belt laws began passing through State Legislature despite a long history of public resistance to such laws. The facts behind how this came to be are quite fascinating. Automakers were…

from my experience I can say that is completely true. It is in slow motion while it is happening and then time speeds up after the initial impact. A terrible car accident changed my life for the better. Becoming a safer driver, learning the importance of a seat belt, and appreciating life are lessons to be learned. A terrible car accident changed my life for the better because it made me a safer driver. When I got into my car, I was mad and all I wanted to do was go home. When getting into a…

Buckling Down on Safety: The Importance of Seat Belts Considering the high frequency at which car accidents occur, it’s a wonder that more people don’t deem seat belts to be the number one priority when riding or driving in a vehicle. It’s not uncommon to see drivers and passengers not wearing their seat belts, or even to see kids freely moving all around the backseat of a car. In fact, everyone is bound to know someone who doesn’t wear their seat belt. Drivers and passengers alike give many…