In Ontario seat belt law, driver is responsible for himself & pssgr's is a
primary, $110.00 fine = 2 demerit points. Next step your insurance company
finds out and 2 offences or accidents jacks up your insurance rates.
Basically if the Police want to stop you , they will create a reason. eg.
licence plate sticker obscurred or peeling, suspicion?
Jim Knox, 91 Dak
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From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: DML: window = smashed
>
> "Rick Barnes" <barnesrv@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> : Why can't they pull you over for it in IL? If they are too dark, it's a
> : safety violation like a burned out tail light...just guessing, but I am
> : confident that IL has one of these stupid window tinting laws.
>
>
> Things like that vary from state to state. I think the official
> terminology for it is primary and secondary enforcement. For example,
> here in NY, it is a law that you must wear your seat belt, but it was
> a secondary enforcment item; they couldn't pull you over just for not
> wearing your seat belt. However, if they pulled you over for something
> else; driving erratically or having an expired inspection sticker, for
> example, and they noticed you weren't wearing your seat belt, they could
> then go ahead and ticket you for the seat belt as well. I believe that
> law was just recently changed here though so the seat belt is now a
> primary enforcement item.
>
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
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