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Title 15 : Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 1 : Miscellaneous

15-123 : Use of safety belts in passenger vehicles.

    1. No person shall operate a passenger motor vehicle in the Town of Halls unless such person and all passengers four (4) years of age or older are restrained by a safety belt at all times the vehicle is in forward motion.
    2. No person four (4) years of age or older shall be a passenger in a passenger motor vehicle in the Town of Halls unless such person is restrained by a safety belt at all times the vehicle is in forward motion.
    1. The provisions of this section shall apply only to the operator and all passengers occupying the front seat of a passenger motor vehicle.
    2. If the vehicle is equipped with a rear seat which is capable of folding, the provisions of this section shall apply only to front seat passengers and the operator if the back seat is in the fold down position.
  3. As used in this section, unless specified otherwise, "passenger car" or "passenger motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of eight thousand five hundred pounds (8,500 lbs.) or less, that is not used as a public or livery conveyance for passengers. "Passenger car" or "passenger motor vehicle" does not apply to motor vehicles which are not required by federal law to be equipped with safety belts.
    1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no citation or warrant for arrest shall be issued for a violation of this section unless a person is stopped by a law enforcement officer for a separate violation of law and is issued a citation or warrant for arrest for the separate violation of law.
    2. A law enforcement officer observing a violation of this section shall issue a citation to the violator, but shall not arrest or take into custody any person solely for a violation of this section.
  5. In no event shall a violation of section be assigned a point value for suspension or revocation of a license by the department of safety, nor shall such violation be construed as any other offense under the provisions of this title.
  6. This section does not apply to:
    1. A passenger or operator with a physically disabling condition whose physical disability would prevent appropriate restraint in such safety seat or safety belt; provided, that such condition is duly certified in writing by a physician who shall state the nature of the handicap, as well as the reason such restraint is in appropriate;
    2. A passenger motor vehicle operated by a rural letter carrier of the United States postal service while performing the duties of a rural letter carrier;
    3. Salespersons or mechanics employed by an automobile dealer who, in the course of their employment, test-drive a motor vehicle, if such dealership customarily test-drives fifty (50) or more motor vehicles a day, and if such test-drives occur within one (1) mile of the location of the dealership;
    4. Utility workers, water, gas and electric meter readers in the course of their employment; or
    5. A newspaper delivery motor carrier service while performing the duties of a newspaper delivery motor carrier service; provided, that this exemption shall apply only from the time of the actual first delivery to the customer until the last actual delivery to the customer.
    1. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, no person between sixteen (16) years of age and up to and through the age of seventeen (17) years of age, shall operate a passenger motor vehicle, or be a passenger therein, unless such person is restrained by a safety belt at all times the vehicle is in forward motion.
    2. Notwithstanding subdivision (2) (a), the provisions of this subsection shall apply to all occupants between sixteen (16) years of age and eighteen (18) years of age occupying any seat in a passenger motor vehicle.
    3. Notwithstanding subdivision (4) (a), a law enforcement officer observing a violation of this subsection shall issue a citation to the violator, but shall not arrest or take into custody an person solely for a violation of this subsection.
  8. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2), no person with a learner permit or an intermediate driver license shall operate a passenger motor vehicle in this state unless such person and all passengers between the ages of four (4) and seventeen (17) years of age are restrained by a safety belt at all times the vehicle is in forward motion. (as added by Ord. #02-25, May 2002)