Munster man: Seat belt a lesson for life

Post-Tribune (IN);  May 20, 2003 ;     414 words ......police officer James Ghrist watches for seat belt violations Monday at the intersection...Rich Kiszenia of Munster now wears his seat belt all the time after being involved in...Color) Rich Kiszenia grabbed hold of his seat belt and let out a whoop as he passed officers...

The seat belt defense in Tennessee: The cutting edge

The University of Memphis Law Review;  October 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...The seat belt defense can be restructured within the...respective causes. The recent state mandatory seat belt use laws, however, have failed to accomplish...the proper forum for resolution of the seat belt controversy. Whether by court or by state...

PROPOSED LAW EVOKES SNAP JUDGMENTS WARNER WANTS TO ALLOW POLICE TO PULL...

Roanoke Times & World News;  December 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ......friend Stephanie Hallis are faithful seat belt wearers for the same reason: They do...Gov. Mark Warner's proposed mandatory seat belt legislation, though, they got on opposite...supports the bill because she believes a seat belt saved her life. But Pujol says: "I just...

Veteran won't buckle under in fight against seat belt law.(News)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  July 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ......would be no routine traffic ticket for a seat belt violation. My freedoms and rights are...squadron during the Vietnam War and current seat belt scofflaw. The 55-year-old tool-and-die...on his rights by forcing him to wear a seat belt. The otherwise law-abiding grandfather...

TICKETING CITED DESPITE CURBS ON SEAT BELT LAW

The Boston Globe;  May 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ......police from pulling drivers over for seat belt violations alone, tens of thousands of...cite the driver only for not being in a seat belt. Police and state officials said officers...stopping motorists solely for not wearing a seat belt. As traffic safety officials promote...

Seat belt use by drivers, passengers reaches 75 percent, NHTSA reports.

M2 Presswire;  September 11, 2002 ;     616 words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-11 September 2002-US DOT: Seat belt use by drivers, passengers reaches 75...M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09102002 Seat belt use is continuing an upward trend in...Administration (NHTSA). States with primary seat belt laws hit another milestone 80 percent...

Seat belt use by drivers and passengers reaches 73 percent, NHTSA reports.

M2 Presswire;  August 30, 2001 ;     641 words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-30 August 2001-US DOT: Seat belt use by drivers and passengers reaches...M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:30082001 Seat belt use is continuing an upward trend reaching...pleased to see this historic level of seat belt use in America, said U.S. Transportation...

Click it or Ticket Seat Belt Improvements Drop Death Numbers, According to...

PR Newswire;  June 16, 2003 ;     459 words ......Click it or Ticket project and the implementation...enforcement seat belt law, traffic...Click it or Ticket project has saved taxpayers...it or Ticket seat belt law enforcement...Click it or Ticket project. A seat belt ticket ...

SEAT BELT USE BY DRIVERS, PASSENGERS REACHES 75 PERCENT, NHTSA REPORTS

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  September 9, 2002 ;     572 words ...00-00-0000 Seat belt use is continuing an upward trend in...Administration (NHTSA). States with primary seat belt laws hit another milestone - 80 percent...69 percent. In states with a primary seat belt law, motor vehicle occupants can be...

Seat Belt Use By Drivers and Passengers Reaches 73 Percent, NHTSA Reports.

PR Newswire;  August 30, 2001 ;     591 words ...WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Seat belt use is continuing an upward trend...pleased to see this historic level of seat belt use in America, said U.S. Transportation...show a 2 percentage-point increase in seat belt use to 73 percent in less than one year...

Study: Make Seat Belt Laws Harsher

AP Online;  October 7, 2002 ;     573 words ......unless more states pass stricter seat belt laws, according to a government report released Monday. Typically, seat belt use is higher in states with laws...states only allow police to issue seat belt citations to drivers pulled over...

National Seat Belt Enforcement Mobilization

Law & Order;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Seven years and 13 waves of seat belt mobilizations after the first national mobilization in 1997, seat belt use in the United States has increased...The next Click it Or Ticket wave of seat belt enforcement is scheduled for May 26-June...

Secretary Mineta and Three Members of Congress Honored for Helping United...

PR Newswire;  November 17, 2004 ;     572 words ......17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Air Bag & Seat Belt Safety Campaign of the National Safety...leadership in achieving the nation's highest seat belt use rate of 80 percent in 2004. Along...important progress since 1997 when national seat belt mobilizations started, and observed belt...

Enforcing Seat Belt Use Comes With Kinks; Va. Law Does Not Allow for...

The Washington Post;  May 29, 2003 ;     588 words ......police were conducting what they called a "seat belt crackdown" last week, taking part in...the Virginia General Assembly showed, seat belt enforcement in the commonwealth is a...to write tickets for driving without a seat belt, it does not allow police to stop cars...

Reports of Three Seat Belt Tickets Per Hour Requirement Are in Error Says...

PR Newswire;  May 9, 2003 ;     466 words ......the Click It or Ticket Project, I'd like to clarify...be looking for seat belt law violators...want them to. The seat belt law has been on...2002, Click it or Ticket Project, there were 796...this state. A seat belt will reduce your...improvements in the ...