PRINTER'S NO. 614
No. 591 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY O'PAKE, MUSTO, COSTA, LAVALLE, STOUT AND RAFFERTY, APRIL 1, 2005
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 1, 2005
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, further providing for restraint systems. 3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 4 hereby enacts as follows: 5 Section 1. Section 4581(a)(2) of Title 75 of the 6 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 7 § 4581. Restraint systems. 8 (a) Occupant protection.-- 9 * * * 10 (2) [Except for children under eight years of age and 11 except as provided in paragraphs (1) and (1.1), each] Each 12 driver and front seat occupant eight years of age or older of 13 a passenger car, Class I truck, Class II truck or motor home 14 operated in this Commonwealth shall wear a properly adjusted 15 and fastened safety seat belt system. A conviction under this 16 paragraph by State or local law enforcement agencies shall 17 occur only as a secondary action when a driver of a motor
1 vehicle has been convicted of any other provision of this 2 title. The driver of a passenger automobile shall secure or 3 cause to be secured in a properly adjusted and fastened 4 safety seat belt system any occupant who is eight years of 5 age or older and less than 18 years of age. This paragraph 6 shall not apply to: 7 (i) A driver or front seat occupant eight years of 8 age or older of any vehicle manufactured before July 1, 9 1966. 10 (ii) A driver or front seat occupant eight years of 11 age or older who possesses a written verification from a 12 physician that he is unable to wear a safety seat belt 13 system for physical or medical reasons, or from a 14 psychiatrist or other specialist qualified to make an 15 informed judgment that he is unable to wear a safety seat 16 belt system for psychological reasons. 17 (iii) A rural letter carrier while operating any 18 motor vehicle during the performance of his duties as a 19 United States postal service rural letter carrier only 20 between the first and last delivery points. 21 (iv) A driver who makes frequent stops and is 22 traveling less than 15 miles per hour for the purpose of 23 delivering goods or services while in the performance of 24 his duties and only between the first and last delivery 25 points. 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). 29 * * * 30 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. C23L75JLW/20050S0591B0614 - 2 -