Source: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/23/013/01259
Timestamp: 2020-07-14 10:40:21
Document Index: 630529194

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1259', '§ 1259', '§ 1', '§ 8', '§ 2', '§ 62', '§ 7', '§ 42']

(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 1259)
§ 1259. Safety belts; persons age 18 or over
(a) The operator of a motor vehicle shall be guilty of a violation of this section if any person 18 years of age or older is occupying a seating position which has been manufactured with a federally approved safety belt system and is not restrained by the safety belt system while the motor vehicle is in motion on a public highway.
(1) the person is a rural mail carrier of the U.S. Postal Service operating a motor vehicle in the performance of employment;
(e) This section may be enforced only if a law enforcement officer has detained the operator of a motor vehicle for another suspected traffic violation. An operator shall not be subject to the penalty established in this section unless the operator is required to pay a penalty for the primary violation.
(3) $100.00 for third and subsequent violations. (Added 1993, No. 18, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; amended 2001, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2003, No. 28, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; 2005, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 62; 2009, No. 150 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. June 1, 2010; 2015, No. 47, § 42.)