Article: PROPOSED LAW EVOKES SNAP JUDGMENTS WARNER WANTS TO ALLOW POLICE TO PULL OVER PEOPLE NOT WEARING SEAT BELT

Roger Pujol and his friend Stephanie Hallis are faithful seat belt wearers for the same reason: They do not want to die.

When they heard about Gov. Mark Warner's proposed mandatory seat belt legislation, though, they got on opposite sides of the debate.

Hallis supports the bill because she believes a seat belt saved her life.

But Pujol says: "I just am against the government trying to pass laws to protect oneself."

If passed, the primary seat belt law would allow police to pull over and ticket drivers simply for not wearing a seat belt. The current secondary seat belt law allows police in Virginia to write tickets for failure to buckle up only after pulling a driver over for another ...

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