seatbelt laws
Required restraint regulations
Seatbelt laws are regulations requiring vehicle occupants to wear safety belts.
Most jurisdictions mandate their use, though enforcement varies—some allow police to stop drivers solely for unbuckled passengers (primary enforcement), while others require another violation first (secondary enforcement).
She got a ticket for violating the seatbelt law.
- road safetyPreventing highway harm
- airbagsCrash-activated vehicle cushions
- crash test dummyImpact simulation figure
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- traffic stopPolice halting a motorist
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seatbelt lawsfreedom of choice
Liberty to select options
individual liberty · personal choice · personal autonomy · deregulation · libertarianism
seatbelt lawspersonal responsibility
Duty to own consequences
assumption of risk · caveat emptor · individual accountability · natural consequences · self-reliance