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Seat belts in Massachusetts
May. 23rd, 2006 10:42 pm"The Massachusetts House, in a dramatic reversal, voted Tuesday to kill a controversial seat belt bill that would have allowed police to pull over drivers and cite them solely for not wearing seat belts.
Police can now cite drivers for not buckling up only if they pull them over for some other reason.
The 80-76 vote is an about-face for the House, which had voted to approve the bill in January by a narrow 76-74 margin. The Senate backed the bill by a wide margin after debating it last week. [...]"
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/05/23/house_in_dramatic_reversal_votes_against_primary_seat_belt_bill/
Police can now cite drivers for not buckling up only if they pull them over for some other reason.
The 80-76 vote is an about-face for the House, which had voted to approve the bill in January by a narrow 76-74 margin. The Senate backed the bill by a wide margin after debating it last week. [...]"
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/05/23/house_in_dramatic_reversal_votes_against_primary_seat_belt_bill/
