From The Bangor Daily News:
For the last six months, police have issued warnings to motorists who failed to use seat belts money.
Maine long had a secondary enforcement law for seat belts. That meant that seat belt use was required but drivers could not be stopped for failing to buckle up. If they were stopped for another violation, such as speeding, they could be given a ticket for not wearing a seat belt as well.
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I don’t know many states that issue a law, kind of talk about maybe some day enforcing it for 6 months and then decide that ‘yup, let’s start enforcing that law.’ What if Texas only gave warnings for the first 6 months they initiated the death penalty? Or New Hampshire says, “We’re going to Live Free or Die, but not for the first 6 months.”
You should either make a law and enforce it, or you sit on it until you’re ready. There is no middle ground, no Mendoza line, nothing.
I look forward to see how the state handles their Real ID program. I see it going down like this, “Um, yeah, if you could go ahead and get this ID card, that would be great. I mean, we won’t check you for a few months, but just get it. Thanks”
Good night all… and please, buckle up, for real this time.
For the last six months, police have issued warnings to motorists who failed to use seat belts money.
Maine long had a secondary enforcement law for seat belts. That meant that seat belt use was required but drivers could not be stopped for failing to buckle up. If they were stopped for another violation, such as speeding, they could be given a ticket for not wearing a seat belt as well.
See full story here.
I don’t know many states that issue a law, kind of talk about maybe some day enforcing it for 6 months and then decide that ‘yup, let’s start enforcing that law.’ What if Texas only gave warnings for the first 6 months they initiated the death penalty? Or New Hampshire says, “We’re going to Live Free or Die, but not for the first 6 months.”
You should either make a law and enforce it, or you sit on it until you’re ready. There is no middle ground, no Mendoza line, nothing.
I look forward to see how the state handles their Real ID program. I see it going down like this, “Um, yeah, if you could go ahead and get this ID card, that would be great. I mean, we won’t check you for a few months, but just get it. Thanks”
Good night all… and please, buckle up, for real this time.
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