Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!mhuxl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxa!wetcw From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: mandatory seatbelt laws ??? Message-ID: <823@pyuxa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Jun-84 15:36:56 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxa.823 Posted: Wed Jun 20 15:36:56 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 08:25:22 EDT References: <131@mtxinu.UUCP>, <712@druky.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway N.J. Lines: 26 New York is, at this moment, debating a strong seat belt law. The first of its kind in the country. The law under consideration is that both passengers in the front seat must be wearing seat belts or pay a $50 dollar fine. It looks very good for passage and will go into effect on December 1st for a one month grace period then you start getting whacked on January 1st. There may also be provisions for reducing insurance premiums if the car has a passive restraint system. That part doesn't look like it will pass though. The law says now that the driver and any passenger in the front seat must wear a seat belt. It will be the driver's responsibility to make certain that anyone 16 and under is wearing the belt. Those over 16 will be responsible for themselves. Anyone 10 years old and under, whether in the front or back seat, must be in a safety seat. Those 4 and under are already required to be in a safety seat. Thanks to suggestions from Netters, I have turned not wearing a seat belt into a habit of wearing one. I now feel naked without the belt. Now I have to work on my wife, she just does not like it. Tell me, is this a good enough reason to smack her around |~). T. C. Wheeler