Map - Type of Safety Belt Use Laws, by State: As of 2001
Map - 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.