San Diego Police On the Lookout for Auto Passenger Seat Belt Violations
San Diego County is one of over 90 counties in the state that are preparing to work aggressively in the next two weeks to enforce seat belt and safety restraint laws for both car drivers and passengers. While the risk of death apparently isn't enough motivation for car drivers to buckle up, it might help to know that you will now be specifically targeted. Don't forget that the fines for not wearing a seat belt (and wearing it correctly), were raised Jan. 1, along with the laws that now make texting while driving illegal in California.
The fines for a first-time offense is up to $132, as opposed to $91 from last year, and for children under 16 who are fastened, first time offenses are $435 now, while they were $401 last year.
While all of San Diego County is looking to increase coverage of the seat belt laws, police in Chula Vista and National City are planning with the California Highway Patrol to enforce California's "occupant protection laws" between now and May 31. You can read more about this effort by San Diego police to crack down on car seat belt violations in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.
There are many serious injuries and tragic deaths on the road, and many from the sheer lack of wearing a safety belt. San Diego County has seen many of these this year alone. National City police Sgt. Dan Fabinkskihe notes that properly restrained drivers have a 50 percent greater chance of surviving a car crash than if they weren't wearing them. At the Jurewitz Law Group, we are incredibly concerned for your safety and want to protect you and your family from being injured. Please heed our advice to avoid injury and death.
However, if you or anyone you know has been injured or killed in a San Diego auto accident, please contact San Diego auto accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego personal injury attorneys at the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego auto accident lawyers online here.
