Fulton Use of seat belts required ordinance (§ 110-184)

(a) As used in this section, the term "passenger car" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying ten persons or fewer and used for the transportation of persons, except that the term "passenger car" shall not include motorcycles, motorized bicycles, motor tricycles and trucks.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each driver and front seat passenger of a passenger car manufactured after January 1, 1968, operated on a street or highway in this city shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt that meets the requirements of the Federal National Highway Transportation Act, except that a child less than four years of age shall be protected as required in section 110-185.

(c) Each driver of a motor vehicle transporting a child four years of age or more, but less than 16 years of age, in the front seat of the motor vehicle shall secure the child in a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt.

(d) No person shall be stopped, inspected or detained solely to determine compliance with subsections

(b) and (c) of this section.

(e) Subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not be applicable to any person who has a medical reason for failing to have a seat belt fastened about his body or to any person employed by the United States Postal Service while performing duties for that federal agency which requires the operator to service postal boxes from his vehicle or which requires frequent entry into and exit from his vehicle.

(f) Each person who violates subsection (b) or (c) of this section shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not to exceed $10.00. All other provisions of law and court rules to the contrary notwithstanding, no court costs shall be imposed on any person because a violation of this section.