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House approves seat-belt amendment allowing ticketing of drivers not wearing belts in crashes
Utah House of Representatives · February 18, 1992
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Summary
House Bill 61 passed the Utah House to allow drivers involved in accidents to be ticketed for not wearing a seat belt even if they did not cause the crash; sponsor Representative Atkinson framed it as closing an enforcement gap highlighted by a constituent case.
Representative Atkinson moved House Bill 61 onto the floor and described it as a middle-ground change to make seat-belt nonuse ticketable for drivers involved in accidents. He explained the current law treats seat-belt…
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