APPENDIX F
State Safety Belt Laws
State Safety Belt Laws, Effective Date and Belt Usage in 2005
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Primary Enforcement |
Secondary Enforcement |
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State |
Effective Date |
Usage in 2005 |
State |
Effective Date |
Usage in 2005 |
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*Alaska |
5/1/06 |
78.4% |
Arizona |
1/1/91 |
94.2% |
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Alabama |
12/10/99 |
81.8% |
Arkansas |
7/15/91 |
68.3% |
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California |
1/1/93 |
92.5% |
Colorado |
7/1/87 |
79.2% |
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Connecticut |
1/1/86 |
81.6% |
Florida |
7/1/86 |
73.9% |
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Delaware |
7/3/03 |
83.8% |
Idaho |
7/1/86 |
76.0% |
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Georgia |
7/1/96 |
89.9% |
Kansas |
7/1/86 |
69.0% |
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Hawaii |
12/16/85 |
95.3% |
Maine |
12/27/95 |
75.8% |
|
Illinois |
7/3/03 |
86.0% |
Massachusetts |
2/1/94 |
64.8% |
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Iowa |
7/1/86 |
87.1% |
Minnesota |
8/1/86 |
83.9% |
|
Indiana |
7/1/98 |
81.2% |
Missouri |
9/28/85 |
77.4% |
|
**Kentucky |
7/12/06 |
66.7% |
Montana |
10/1/87 |
80.0% |
|
Louisiana |
9/1/95 |
77.7% |
Nebraska |
1/1/93 |
79.2% |
|
Maryland |
10/1/97 |
91.1% |
Nevada |
7/1/87 |
94.8% |
|
Michigan |
4/1/00 |
92.9% |
North Dakota |
7/14/94 |
76.3% |
|
*Mississippi |
5/27/06 |
60.8% |
Ohio |
5/6/86 |
78.7% |
|
New Mexico |
1/1/86 |
89.5% |
Pennsylvania |
11/23/87 |
83.3% |
|
New Jersey |
5/1/00 |
86.0% |
Rhode Island |
6/18/91 |
74.7% |
|
New York |
12/1/84 |
85.0% |
South Dakota |
1/1/95 |
68.8% |
|
North Carolina |
10/1/85 |
86.7% |
Utah |
4/28/86 |
86.9% |
|
Oklahoma |
11/1/97 |
83.1% |
Vermont |
1/1/94 |
84.7% |
|
Oregon |
12/7/90 |
93.3% |
Virginia |
1/1/88 |
80.4% |
|
*South Carolina |
12/9/05 |
69.7% |
West Virginia |
9/1/93 |
84.9% |
|
Tennessee |
5/20/04 |
74.4% |
Wisconsin |
12/1/87 |
73.3% |
|
Texas |
9/1/85 |
89.9% |
Wyoming |
6/8/89 |
N/A |
|
Washington |
6/01/02 |
95.2% |
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Puerto Rico |
1/19/75 |
92.5% |
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District of Columbia |
10/1/97 |
88.8% |
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Total: 25 States |
Total: 24 States |
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