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URL: | http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama /1975/32-5B-4.htm |
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Title: | 32-5B-4 |
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Body: | Section 32-5B-4 Safety belt requirements for occupants of passenger cars; exemptions. (a)(1) Each occupant of a passenger car manufactured with safety belts in compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208 shall have a safety belt properly fastened about his or her body at all times when the vehicle is in motion. (2) An adult occupant of a passenger car in violation of subdivision (1) shall be the proper person to be charged with the violation. (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a violation of this section in any seat other than a front seat of a vehicle shall be a secondary violation after a lawful stop of the vehicle based on probable cause of another violation of law and the issuance of a citation or warrant of arrest for the violation. (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to: (1) A child passenger under the purview of Section 32-5-222, who is required to use a child passenger restraint system or a seat belt pursuant to Section 32-5-222. (2) An occupant of a passenger car who possesses a written statement from a licensed physician that he or she is unable for medical reasons to wear a safety belt. (3) A rural letter carrier of the United States Postal Service while performing his or her duties as a rural letter carrier. (4) A driver or passenger delivering newspapers or mail from house to house. (5) Passengers in a passenger car with a model year prior to 1965. (6) Passengers in motor vehicles which normally operate in reverse. (Acts 1991, No. 91-255, p. 483, §4; Act 2019-386, §2.) |