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Article: STRICTER SEAT BELT BILL BACK ON TABLE POLICE COULD STOP UNBUCKLED DRIVERS

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January 2, 2006
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House leaders plan to take up legislation this month to strengthen the state's seat belt laws by allowing police officers to stop drivers solely because they aren't wearing a seat belt. Massachusetts ranked 49th in seat belt compliance, slightly ahead of Mississippi, in a recent survey.

Under current state law, police are allowed to ticket drivers for failing to buckle up only if they have first been pulled over for another offense, such as speeding or an expired license tag. The bill, which has stalled twice since 2001 on rare tie votes in the House, would make the failure to use seat belts a "primary offense" and allow police to stop drivers for a seat belt infraction even if they aren't ...

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