New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to extend the state’s seat belt law to require all passengers in the back seat to buckle up.
Under current law, while all passengers in the front seat must wear seat belts, only passengers younger than 16 are required to wear a restraint when riding in the back seat of a motor vehicle.
According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, 28 states and the District of Columbia already have some kind of law on the books mandating back-seat seat-belt usage.
Cuomo, a Democrat, inserted the suggested change in amendments to his proposed state budget for the next fiscal year. Those amendments were announced on Friday.
Lawmakers plan to vote on the budget before April 1.
(AP)
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It’s not about safety it’s always about the revenue they can collect through tickets.
Mr Cuomo
First practice what you preach all MTA trains and buses should follow this law then go to private cars. i know some one who was standing in a mta bus, the bus made a short stop he flew to the front with his head in the window and got killed.
Great – another way to say he “passed” a law, even tough he himself never buckles in the back…
What’s next?
Very nice, he proposes to bring a mitzvah d’oraisa into NY law
If we want to make sure back-seat passengers buckle up, make them ineligible for any monetary recovery if they are injured in an accident. (The same should apply to front-seat passengers.
It’s all about $ and control