Sentences with phrase «first seat belt laws»
New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito called Mario Cuomo a «trailblazer and inspiration to all New Yorkers,» and credited him with overhauling the state's aging infrastructure, improving public health programs, and leading the nation with the country's first seat belt laws.
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Whether the law will be easy to enforce is another matter, but as supporters of House Bill62 have pointed out, it wasn't easy to enforce the mandatory use of seat belts in the 1960s when legislation was first introduced, but that didn't stop the legislation from being passed in the interests of safety.
Florida's safety belt law was first introduced in 1986, but back then officers could only cite drivers for seat belt violations if they stopped them initially for other violations.