Rhode Island Police to Enforce Nighttime Seat Belt Use [VIDEO]
The primary seat belt law allows officers to fine motorists $85 for not buckling up at any time of the day.
Rhode Island police have a message for motorists: click your seat belt or face a $85 fine. Local law enforcement including Bristol and Warren Police will start heavily enforcing nighttime seat belt use. Violators will be fined $85 for each person in the vehicle who is not wearing a belt. According to DOT, 79 percent of vehicle fatalities in Rhode Island occur between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. In those crashes, nearly three-fourths of motorists were killed for not wearing their seatbelts. The campaign will be the second law enforcement effort conducted under the state's new primary seat belt law. Enacted last June, the statue allows police to fine drivers at any time for not buckling up. Under the prior law, drivers had to be pulled over for …
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Ray Andrews
12:58 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
The importance of it being the same law is not a trivial one, there may be legal precedents, case law, previous legal challenges, or other decisions based on the existing law. That is why when a law changes it is usually done as amendments (yes prohibition as well). It makes more sense than having a nightmare of multiple laws on the books where law-b modifies law-a, and law-c modifies law-a, and … more ›