The passionate advocacy of Chesapeake Republican Sen. Harry Blevins helped propel out of the Senate on Wednesday his bill to make non-use of seat belts a primary offense.
Under Blevins' legislation, SB 9, police could stop motorists solely for failure to wear the safety apparatus.
Current law defines seat belt violations as a secondary offense. A vehicle can't be stopped just for that reason, but a driver stopped for another infraction can also be cited for not wearing a seat belt.
Also gaining passage in the Senate was a seat belt bill from Sen. Tommy Norment, R-James City County, that would make non-use a primary offense only at police checkpoints.
Norment called that measure, SB 518, t he "dumb driver bill."
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Mama's like this bill cause
Mama's like this bill cause their kids won't listen to them.
Look ma no seat belt!
Son: Look Ma! No seat belt!
SCREECH CRASH!!!!!
State Trooper: Sorry Mrs. Jones. No son.
Wow.
The general assembly actually can pass a sensible law. To bad they dropped the ball on the gun show loop hole. But we all know that they are beholden to the money of the lobbyists and special interests. Can you say NRA. Nutjob Rifle Association.
safe or unsafe??
I've heard that seat belts sometimes hinder safety and can cause fatal death from the impact or trap people...... what is your measure of risk?
Send an email
to any Nascar driver and ask them if you should wear a seat belt or not.
They have a lot of experience in that sort of thing.
More money, simply a way to
More money, simply a way to generate more money for the state, smoking related illness kills more people in 1 hour than seltbelts have saved all year. Another invasion of our right to choose.
they can pass this and not a
they can pass this and not a no cell phone/texting bill. what a joke. people get your head on right these are the people you put in office.