Seatbelts and Pickup Beds - San Antonio Adult Driver Ed Video Lecture | Drivers Education of America: Overview - Personal Skills

laws requiring people to wear seat belts
in cars started in Texas in 1985 well
before most of you were born therefore
you should have grown up wearing
seatbelts but what does the law actually
say about all of this it is really
simple the answer is everyone in the
vehicle must wear a seatbelt the only
variance is if you are under the age of
eight or shorter than four feet 9 inches
tall if you are short or younger than 8
then you must be in a booster seat like
this
this seems odd because we all know
people who are driving and are short
they escape the booster seat requirement
because they are over eight years old
the law requires you meet either the age
requirement or the height requirement
but not both if there is a baby in the
car under two years of age then they
must ride in a child seat like this
so what happens if you or anyone in your
vehicle fails to put on their seatbelt
or use the child safety seat how about a
fine of up to 250 dollars per person
these fines can also be applied if the
seatbelt or child safety seat is used
incorrectly so this is how you correctly
put a seatbelt on pull the strap over
your shoulder and into the latch now
click it
hold the strap over your shoulder and
into the lap pull the strap over your
shoulder and into the lap will distract
over your shoulder and into the lap pull
the strap over your shoulder and into
the line now click it now click it now
click
now click pull the strap over your
shoulder and into the lap pull the strap
over your shoulder and into the line or
the strap strap over your shoulder and
into the lap will distract over your
shoulder and into the light flash flash
flash flash and into the line into the
line other passenger restraint problems
arise when we consider letting people
ride in the beds of trucks the law says
if you are over 18 years old it is legal
if you're under 18 it is illegal
violation of this law can result in a
fine up to two hundred dollars
exceptions to this law include if you
are in a parade on a beach or involved
in farming efforts like moving young
workers from field to field in these
situations riding in the bed or even on
a trailer becomes legal despite your age
if you have the choice of riding in the
cab of the truck please take it along
with the seatbelt I wrote in the back of
the truck when I was a little kid and
all I can think about now are the
consequences if something does go wrong
I really see the danger in it now
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