Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2020 10:25:38 GMT -5
New seat belt law goes into effect in New York this weekend
Updated 10:40 AM; Today 9:05 AM
A new law requiring seat belts for all passengers in the back seats of vehicles in New York goes into effect Sunday.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law in August.
Previously, passengers over age 16 were not required to wear a belt in the back seat.
The new law also applies to passengers of ride sharing services like Uber and Lyft, according AAA Western and Central New York.
Violators of the seat belt law can be fined up to $50 per person. Drivers can also be fined $25 to $100 and receive three penalty points on their driver’s licenses for each violation.
New York became the first state in the nation to pass a law requiring passengers to use seat belts in the mid-1980s during the administration of the late Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, Andrew’s father.
But the state lagged in requiring belts in back seats, according to AAA. Between 2010 and 2019, 289 unbelted back seat passengers died in New York and over 25,000 were injured.
www.syracuse.com/state/2020/10/new-seat-belt-law-goes-into-effect-in-new-york-this-weekend.html
Good law I think. I also wish Public Transportation like a Bus required seat belts.
Updated 10:40 AM; Today 9:05 AM
A new law requiring seat belts for all passengers in the back seats of vehicles in New York goes into effect Sunday.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law in August.
Previously, passengers over age 16 were not required to wear a belt in the back seat.
The new law also applies to passengers of ride sharing services like Uber and Lyft, according AAA Western and Central New York.
Violators of the seat belt law can be fined up to $50 per person. Drivers can also be fined $25 to $100 and receive three penalty points on their driver’s licenses for each violation.
New York became the first state in the nation to pass a law requiring passengers to use seat belts in the mid-1980s during the administration of the late Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, Andrew’s father.
But the state lagged in requiring belts in back seats, according to AAA. Between 2010 and 2019, 289 unbelted back seat passengers died in New York and over 25,000 were injured.
www.syracuse.com/state/2020/10/new-seat-belt-law-goes-into-effect-in-new-york-this-weekend.html
Good law I think. I also wish Public Transportation like a Bus required seat belts.
