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Senate rejects bill to make adult seat-belt violations a primary offense
Summary
Senate Bill 99, which would have made adult seat-belt violations a primary offense, failed in a close roll-call vote after extended floor debate about safety statistics, federal funding implications and civil‑liberties concerns.
The Utah Senate rejected Senate Bill 99 on third reading after a lengthy floor debate that split the chamber 13–14 with 2 absent. Sponsor Senator Hill argued that moving adult seat-belt violations to primary enforcement would save lives and reduce state and private costs tied to crash injuries, citing 2002 crash figures and specific examples of high medical costs for unbelted crash victims.
"In 02/2002, we had 334 automobile fatalities,"…
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