Originally posted by: Garet Jax
Originally posted by: Kemosabe1447
Okay this morning I got pulled over for not wearing my seatbelt, but I don't care about the fine cost, I just want to know how it works with getting points on my license or whatever, and if it will raise the cost of my insurance and such, because I have no idea how those things work. Thanks for the help.
My brother in law in Canada told me that the 3 worst violations for insurance (because of the perceived potential for injury) were:
1) Drunk Driving
2) Caught with a radar detector
and
3) Driving without a seatbelt
The Click-It-or-Ticket campaign is nationwide.
For use in a private vehicle less than 10,000 lb. GVW, radar detectors are legal in every state in the US except Virginia, Washington D.C., and Oklahoma (where ownership and use is legal, but you can be cited for having a radar detector while being cited for another infraction, i.e. speeding).
In Canada, radar detectors are legal in British Columbia, Alberta, and New Brunswick. In every other province, they are illegal to possess as well as use.
What violation will affect your insurance and how varies by state in the US. In Oregon and Washington state, where I live, radar detectors are completely legal, and a no-seatbelt ticket is a non-moving violation that does not affect your driving record.
Regardless, I always wear my seatbelt. I find it more comfortable and it has saved my life in the past. But if other people foolishly don't want to wear theirs, it's their funeral and I could not care less. Nothing like reading in the newspaper about the big head-on accident on US 26 and seeing that all 5 people who died weren't wearing their seatbelt (while all the people who did survive were wearing theirs). Darwin in action. IMO, we should not interfere with the laws of nature.