<VV> Seat Belts: Florida - all Corvairs.

[Padgett]

Looking at the current Florida statute 316.614 ("Florida Safety Belt Law"), 
there is no exemption for age of the vehicle. There is an exemption for 
school buses or "a bus used for transportation of persons for compensation" 
which seems odd but basically any automobile must have seat belts.

It does seem to relate to adults in the front seat only (children have 
specific requirements) and wording in places is a bit peculiar e.g. 
"(b)  The number of front seat passengers of a pickup truck required to 
wear a safety belt pursuant to this section shall not exceed the number of 
safety belts which were installed in the front seat of such pickup truck by 
the manufacturer."

Now I began wearing seat belts in 1963 and have installed belts in all of 
the older cars I have had, just do not feel comfortable without one. Then 
again I always wear a helmet when on a motorcycle and that law was 
rescinded some years ago.

Padgett