"Tom Seim" wrote in message
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Instead, we should put the effort into things that do work. The most
dramatic example of this is mandatory seat belt usage. In Washington
state this became a primary law (you can be stopped for it), which
resulted in compliance rates in the 85-90% range (instead of 15-20%
before there was any law). No changes were required to cars since the
belts were already there. Most people have accepted the law, but there
is still a vociferous minority that reject it. Everybody benefits,
besides being safer, with lower insurance rates.

Tom Seim

Noticed the $94 seatbelt fine in Oregon and the $101 fine posted for
Washington (with the cost on a replaceable tag for both states). Here in
Weld County Colorado, the vast majority of fatal accidents are rollover
ejections where no seat/shoulder belt was in use by driver and additional
occupants.

Seatbelts are still a secondary offense in Colorado.

Frank Whiteley