Pennsylvania to conduct seatbelt checks... from aircraft?
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a></p><img width="630" vspace="4" hspace="0" height="473" border="0" align="top" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/800px-wapolicepolair-61.jpg" alt="Police Chopper" /><br />
<br />
Rule number one of the Internet should be to always read past the headline before hitting the keyboard to comment. A prime example comes from the latest press release from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The statement's headline implies that PA state troopers will be enforcing seatbelt use from aircraft flying overhead. Frankly, given the budget constraints of most states, we suspect that aerial traffic enforcement is enormously wasteful at best. But the idea of even detecting seatbelt use from the sky seems absurd on its face. <br />
<br />
As it turns out, Pennsylvania's belt law only only allows for secondary enforcement anyway. That means if you drive unbelted past a trooper while still observing all other traffic edicts, you can't get pulled over. Hence, the Air, Land and Speed campaign that the Pennsylvania state police is undertaking this summer will be primarily focused on catching speeders and then giving them secondary tickets if they insist on being truly foolish by driving unrestrained. <br />
<br />
[Source: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | Image: Wikimedia Commons]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/22/pennsylvania-to-conduct-seatbelt-checks-by-aircraft/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Pennsylvania to conduct seatbelt checks... from aircraft?</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/22/pennsylvania-to-conduct-seatbelt-checks-by-aircraft/">Pennsylvania to conduct seatbelt checks... from aircraft?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Sat, 22 May 2010 15:33:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/22/pennsylvania-to-conduct-seatbelt-checks-by-aircraft/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19486554/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/22/pennsylvania-to-conduct-seatbelt-checks-by-aircraft/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

أكثر...