PRINTER'S NO. 4225
No. 2967 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY SALOOM, NOVEMBER 12, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 12, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for an exclusion from adult seat belt
3 restrictions.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4581(a)(2) of Title 75 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 4581. Restraint systems.
9 (a) Occupant protection.--
10 * * *
11 (2) Except for children under four years of age and
12 except as provided in paragraph (1), each driver and front
13 seat occupant of a passenger car, Class I truck, Class II
14 truck or motor home operated in this Commonwealth shall wear
15 a properly adjusted and fastened safety seat belt system. A
16 conviction under this paragraph by State or local law
17 enforcement agencies shall occur only as a secondary action
18 when a driver of a motor vehicle has been convicted of any
1 other provision of this title. The driver of a passenger
2 automobile shall secure or cause to be secured in a properly
3 adjusted and fastened safety seat belt system any occupant in
4 the front seat who is four years of age or older and less
5 than 18 years of age. This paragraph shall not apply to:
6 (i) A driver or front seat occupant of any vehicle
7 manufactured before July 1, 1966.
8 (ii) A driver or front seat occupant who possesses a
9 written verification from a physician that he is unable
10 to wear a safety seat belt system for physical or medical
11 reasons, or from a psychiatrist or other specialist
12 qualified to make an informed judgment that he is unable
13 to wear a safety seat belt system for psychological
14 reasons.
15 (iii) A rural letter carrier while operating any
16 motor vehicle during the performance of his duties as a
17 United States postal service rural letter carrier only
18 between the first and last delivery points.
19 (iv) A driver who makes frequent stops and is
20 traveling less than 15 miles per hour for the purpose of
21 delivering goods or services while in the performance of
22 his duties and only between the first and last delivery
23 points.
24 (v) A driver or front seat occupant of any vehicle
25 equipped with an inflatable restraint system.
26 A violation of this paragraph shall not be subject to the
27 assessment of any points under section 1535 (relating to
28 schedule of convictions and points).
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30 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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