Adults in Pickup Trucks Must Now Wear Seat Belts in Georgia

June 4, 2010

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is preparing to sign legislation requiring adults riding in pickup trucks to wear seat belts.

Perdue was scheduled to go to Dalton, Ga., to sign the measure Thursday afternoon.

The legislation had been blocked by state House leaders until this year when Speaker David Ralston allowed it to come to a vote.

The National Highway Safety Administration and the Georgia Department of Transportation have estimated changing the law will save 21 lives and prevent 300 injuries each year. Supporters estimate it could save $30 million in hospital costs each year.

Georgia already requires minors to wear seat belts and adults to wear them in all vehicles except pickups.

Topics Georgia

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  • June 8, 2010 at 1:50 am
    AZ Supporter says:
    This new law is racist because it will allow police to pull over pick up trucks with passengers in the bed of truck. Next they will ask them for ID and it's all down hill fro... read more
  • June 8, 2010 at 11:05 am
    Georgia boyz says:
    Georgia invented the toothbrush. Yep its a little known fact. Then someone in Alabama invented the teethbrush as they realized that not everyone had just one tooth............... read more
  • June 4, 2010 at 3:55 am
    Nerd of Insurance says:
    But the bigger question is "Would she be alive today if she wasn't wearing a seatbelt?" Just because the kids were alive and didn't wear a seatbelt doesn't mean if she follwed... read more

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