Friday, November 20, 2009  Seatbelt checks - important or
irritant?  Do seatbelt checks along a state highway in town help
lower fatalities, or are they just a major pain in the rear and
irritant to drivers?  This morning Woodstock PD had three police
cars and five officers assigned to a seatbelt detail on Route
47, north of McConnell Road.  The stated purpose of this
"initiative" is driver education.  Wouldn't an electronic sign
on the roadway shoulder reading, "Fasten your seatbelt NOW" have
much the same driver educational value? And it would be a whole
lot cheaper for the police department and for the drivers.  How
much is a seatbelt ticket these days? $50? $75? What do you
think? Should seatbelt violations be a Primary Enforcement law?
The Madd Bulldog said...  My seatbelt is broken... well, I cut
it with my bowie knife one evening when I was too drunk to undo
the clasp. Doh.  IMHO, I do not disagree with belts saving
lives... they do most of the time. However it is an invasion of
privacy for officers