Seat Belt Laws, New York
Starting November 1, 2020, New York State now requires all passengers to buckle up regardless of where they sit in the vehicle – including drivers and all passengers. If your passengers do not wear a seat belt, your vehicle can be pulled over and your adult passengers may receive a ticket. If you are transporting a passenger under the age of 16, and they are not accompanied by a parent or guardian and do not buckle their seatbelt, you (the driver) could receive a ticket.
Please encourage passengers to wear a seat belt at all times while in your vehicle and wait to begin your trip until all passengers have buckled up. TLC is also informing passengers of this new law and their responsibility to buckle up and will make decals that alert passengers to the new law available to all TLC vehicle licensees soon. Please be aware that this is a New York State Law impacting all drivers in the State of New York.
If your passengers do not wear a seat belt, your vehicle can be pulled over and your adult passengers may receive a ticket
A seat belt ticket will show up on your driving record and that puts you at risk of your insurance premiums going up.
Consider things from the perspective of the insurance company: If you’re an insurance company, and can see on a driving abstract that your insured customer was caught NOT wearing a seat belt, the insurance company KNOWS the cost of medical assistance for someone that does NOT wear a seat belt is HIGHER. The insurance company will assume that the person caught NOT wearing a seat belt is likely to repeat NOT wearing seat belts in the future. Therefore, these are HIGHER risk people in the eyes of the insurance company! This is why your auto insurance rate can go up!
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Seat Belt Laws, New York
