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Initially, seat belt use was not compulsory. New York was the first state to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts, a law that came into effect on December 1, 1984. However, the first seat belt law was a federal law, Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, which took effect on January 1, 1968, that required all vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all designated seating positions. New York State's mandatory seat belt law-the first in the nation-went into effect today. Drivers and front-seat passengers must wear seat belts or face fines of up to $50. Utah's primary seat belt law goes into effect May 12, starting with a statewide educational effort. Seat belts can reduce the risk of injury or death by 50 percent, state safety officials noted at a news conference Thursday at the Capitol. May 07, 1986 | United Press International. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's mandatory seat belt law went into effect Tuesday, making it the 17th state to require drivers to buckle up. Ohio drivers will have until July 4 to get used to the new law, with authorities only issuing warning tickets until then. In most states the seat belt law was originally a secondary offense; in many it was later changed to a primary offense: California was the first state to do this, in 1993.
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