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Title 31 Motor Vehicles

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31-5-1402. Safety belts required to be used; exceptions; reduction in fine.

(a) Each driver and passenger of a motor vehicle operated in this state shall wear, and each driver of a motor vehicle shall require that a passenger under twelve (12) years of age shall wear, a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt when the motor vehicle is in motion on public streets and highways. (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to: (i) Any person who has a written statement from a physician that it is not advisable for the person to wear a safety belt for physical or medical reasons; (ii) Any passenger vehicle which is not required to be equipped with safety belts under federal law; (iii) A carrier of the United States postal service performing duties as a postal carrier; (iv) Any person properly secured in a child safety restraint system in accordance with W.S. 31-5-1301 through 31-5-1305; or (v) Any person occupying a seat in a vehicle in which all operable safety restraints are being used by the driver or passengers and any person occupying a seat in a vehicle originally manufactured without a safety belt. (c) No violation of this section shall: (i) Be counted as a moving violation for the purpose of suspending a driver's license under W.S. 31-7-129; (ii) Be grounds for increasing insurance premiums or made a part of the abstracts kept by the department pursuant to W.S. 31-5-1214. (d) No motor vehicle shall be halted solely for a violation of this section. (e) All citations for violations of the motor vehicle laws of this state and for violations of traffic ordinances or traffic regulations of a local authority shall contain a notation by the issuing officer indicating whether the driver and passengers complied with this section. Compliance with this section shall entitle a licensee to a ten dollar ($10.00) reduction in the fine otherwise imposed by any court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense. The driver who violates this section may be issued a citation and may be subject to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Any passenger who violates this section may be issued a citation and may be subject to a fine of not more than ten dollars ($10.00). (f) Evidence of a person's failure to wear a safety belt as required by this act shall not be admissible in any civil action.

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31-5-1402. Safety belts required to be used; exceptions; reduction in fine.

(a) Each driver and passenger of a motor vehicle operated in this state shall wear, and each driver of a motor vehicle shall require that a passenger under twelve (12) years of age shall wear, a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt when the motor vehicle is in motion on public streets and highways. (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to: (i) Any person who has a written statement from a physician that it is not advisable for the person to wear a safety belt for physical or medical reasons; (ii) Any passenger vehicle which is not required to be equipped with safety belts under federal law; (iii) A carrier of the United States postal service performing duties as a postal carrier; (iv) Any person properly secured in a child safety restraint system in accordance with W.S. 31-5-1301 through 31-5-1305; or (v) Any person occupying a seat in a vehicle in which all operable safety restraints are being used by the driver or passengers and any person occupying a seat in a vehicle originally manufactured without a safety belt. (c) No violation of this section shall: (i) Be counted as a moving violation for the purpose of suspending a driver's license under W.S. 31-7-129; (ii) Be grounds for increasing insurance premiums or made a part of the abstracts kept by the department pursuant to W.S. 31-5-1214. (d) No motor vehicle shall be halted solely for a violation of this section. (e) All citations for violations of the motor vehicle laws of this state and for violations of traffic ordinances or traffic regulations of a local authority shall contain a notation by the issuing officer indicating whether the driver and passengers complied with this section. Compliance with this section shall entitle a licensee to a ten dollar ($10.00) reduction in the fine otherwise imposed by any court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense. The driver who violates this section may be issued a citation and may be subject to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Any passenger who violates this section may be issued a citation and may be subject to a fine of not more than ten dollars ($10.00). (f) Evidence of a person's failure to wear a safety belt as required by this act shall not be admissible in any civil action.

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