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Most seat belt laws in the United States are left to state law. However, the recommended age for a child to sit in the front passenger seat is 13. The first seat belt law was a federal law, Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Safety Standard, which took effect on January 1, 1968, that required all vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all designated seating ...
Florida law mandates that children under 5 years old can only ride in a car under certain conditions. The law says that: Any child 5 years old or younger must be seated in a “crash-tested” and ...
U.S. MUTCD seat belt symbol Seat belt use rates in the United States have been rising steadily since 1983, from 14% to 90% in 2016. Seat belt use in the country in 2016 ranged from a minimum of 70.2% in New Hampshire to a maximum of 96.9% in Georgia. 19 states had use rates above 90%.
Seat belt use reduces the risk of death and serious injury by about half for older children and adults. (CDC) Children under one year old should always ride in a rear-facing car seat.
Corrected AR, MN, WI which all have primary laws; added US territories; changed color scheme, in part to reflect primary/secondary hybrid states as a mix of the colors of those states. 11:54, 30 June 2009: 959 × 593 (82 KB) BucsWeb: Changed color of Florida since it is now a primary offense: 02:32, 12 September 2007: 959 × 593 (82 KB)
Seat belt use in New York state rose from 16% to 57% in the first four months the law was enforced after it was implemented Dec. 1, 1984, with a one-month grace period that postponed fines of up ...
Enforcement and compliance with seat belt laws varies by state. (Massachusetts, which had the lowest death rate per 100 million miles traveled in 2015, was among the states with the lowest use of seat belts.) Some states require motorcycle helmets while others do not, and the states of Illinois, Iowa and New Hampshire have no helmet laws at all ...
The proposed change would bring the state in line with 35 other states that allow seat belt violations as the primary cause for making a stop or issuing a citation if the lack of a belt is ...