rcw codes exempting newspapers carriers from wearing seatbelts?
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(8) The state patrol may adopt rules exempting operators or occupants of farm vehicles, construction equipment, and vehicles that are required to make frequent stops from the requirement of wearing safety belts.
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I think TV cop shows have sucked the brains out of most of the posters here. How sad that most people don't know how their rights work.\n\nIn short, the basic rule is that they need to read you your rights ONLY if you are under arrest (or the equivalent restraints are present) AND they question you. Equivalent restraints means a situation which would lead someone to believe that they are under arrest. (Sitting in the back of a patrol car with cuffs on).\n\nAs far as just not being free to go, the answer is no, they still don't have to read you your rights. You are not free to go during a basic traffic stop, nor are you free to go during a DUI investigation. In both cases, the police do not have to read you your rights. The Supreme Court has ruled time and again that any pre-arrest questioning during a DUI stop is legal and there is no need to read someone their rights at that time. \n\nThe thing most people overlook is the questioning. If you are arrested and they don't question you about anything relevant to the crime, they probably won't read you your rights. It's not needed.
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I can't speak to cell phone bans, but I do know that there are laws on the books in many states that specifically exempt on-duty police officers from two-way radio and communicator bans.  Maybe there are similar ones in "hands free" areas that exempt them as well.\n\nKeep in mind, that they _usually_ are communicating with other officers (though that surely isn't always the case).
721728
It IS the law in England, fatal accidents have been cut by people wearing seatbelts, if you don't wear a seatbelt you could go straight through the windscreen and die, I would rather wear a seatbelt and not be dead!
626665
There is a federal law that says all people inside a car must be wearing safety belts.\n\nDoesn't matter if you're an adult or a child, front seat or back.\n\nClick-it-or-ticket!
587560
most supermarkets have these newspapers in racks by the front door- try wal-mart or another neighborhood store--
68107
Freedom of the press-\nhttp://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/15/politics/15cnd-program.html\nRight against unlawful search and seizure-\nhttp://gadflyer.com/flytrap/index.php?Week=200533#2101\nRight to Privacy-\nhttp://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=18423&c=206\nhttp://www.nybooks.com/articles/18650\nSafety in the Workplace:\nhttp://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=8207
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wearing seatbelts probably is a good idea, but i would hate to be the one who died because he WAS wearing a seatbelt.(or anybody i knew) a better law would be for ALL cars to be equipped with those breathalyzer things that won't let the car start if you have been drinking.( no regristration for cars not equipped)
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As with all aspects of the law, ignorance of the law is no excuse. It is always the drivers responsibility to make sure that he is driving within the means of his licence. Unfortunately this extends not only to the weight of the vehicle once loaded but also to the general condition of the vehicle, I know of people who have been threatened with the loss of their job if they didn't take an unroadworthy vehicle on the road and have been caught!! The van driver will always be the one on the sharp end of the judgment in these scenarios. Is mighty unfair considering the potential for 'undue influence' from the employer but the law is a tough nut!!!  \nInterestingly though the weight limits set are detailed in ones driving licence and not according to a particular van, manufacturers publish this information as a guide - as far as I am aware at a ny rate. This does not mean ignore manufacturers advice it merely throws doubt  on the need for training on a vans weight limit although I would have thought that this informaation would have been available at any rate as a company is likely to want to look after an asset as sizeable in value as a van.
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It depends on where you live. Many states have "Cinderella curfews," where the driver cannot be out past midnight without a note from an employer. Others have restrictions regarding the number of passengers or age of those passengers. For specific information based on where you live, visit the website of your state's Department of Motor Vehicles. You can find this site by running a Yahoo search with the name of your state and "DMV."
885922
Sorry, but I'm on the sheriff's side.  If you don't pay a fine, even for a seatbelt ticket, then a warrant's usually issued.  If you can't post bond, you go to jail.  The price for lack of responsibility is sometimes steep.  Along similar lines, here in Missouri if you bounce a check to the DMV and don't make good on it they'll enter a seize order into the computer & any police officer stopping you can remove your license plates & mail them back to the DMV.
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I have no idea. But I'm looking forward to an informed response to the question, as I would like to know myself. I CAN give you one example of their policies that works. I went on a hunting trip to Canada with some friends from work a few years back. A trip we had planned for months, and spent thousands of dollars on each. When we arrived at the Canadian border, because we had firearms, the Canadian RMP ran a background check on each of us. One guy had a 15 year old charge of drunk driving on his record. He got to spend the week in a motel STATESIDE, waiting on us to pick him up on our way home. He was denied entry. Not only to hunt, not ony with a firearm, but PERIOD. He was placed on a list of undesireables, and barred from any future entry into the country, because of a 15 year old traffic violation. A serious one (I do not condone drinking and driving), to say the least, but a traffic violation nonetheless. So I would say they have some pretty strict rules.
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I agree that the government shouldn't be telling people what to do in their own vehicle, and I think that it should be a personal choice. I choose to buckle up most of the time. Force of habit I guess.
461943
I live in Arkansas and I have not heard of this law.  Do you have any links to documentation on it?  I know several towns are banning smoking in restaurants and other public places, but I have not heard of any having to do with smoking in vehicles.
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I know of one with a criminal record who started a "newspaper" in a town. Every time he was stopped (always with cause) he'd write something nasty. He'd publish outright lies and slanderous things as 'fact' then scream freedom of the press when criticized. \n\nI've had - quite some years ago - a couple tickets. And you know what - I deserved it. I wasn't paying attention to speed and was driving too fast. Few things are important enough that an extra 5 minutes is an issue. \nI've also seen both sides...for a while in another state had an older piece of crap car and ALWAYS got pulled over. I mean 2-3 times a month and seldom drove more than 5 miles. I know why, though no one would admit it. And it wasn't *me* - I'd drive the same way in another vehicle and wouldn't get stopped. The car wasn't illegal but was suspect. Was that the cops fault? no. \n\nI can say there were people in that city that had FAR worse attitudes than the police officers.
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It would be not HAVING one, not not wearing one. You don't WEAR a license. According to KDKA, out of Pittsburgh, he didn't have a license to ride motorcylces in PA and his permit had expired in March. The PA DMV wasn't saying anything. I don't think anything was said about if he will get a fine for it or not, the Pittsburgh Police are still investigating the accident proably as to getting a full understanding of what happened. They wouldn't send him a fine until they get everything worked out. As to our helmet law in PA we DO have one. I wish people would stop saying it was repealed. The short version though is that a driver has the choice to not wear one, if he passes a safety course or has enough hours riding.
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click it or ticket is something that's going on across the nation, meaning that now cops are allowed to pull people over simply for not wearing their seat belts, where as they used to have to have another reason and then if they weren't wearing their belts then they could issue them a ticket.\nthey are doing this because seatbelts save lives... yes there are some cases where a person would have died if they had been wearing their seat belt, but the odds are so much more in favor that a seat belt will save your life...\nlike the person above said... they are tired of scraping people off the roads...