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Friday, February 13, 2009

State Senate Again Tries Seat Belt Measure

The Georgia Senate approved a measure to require adults in pickup trucks to buckle-up. In recent years, proposals to change seat belt requirements have been passed by the Senate, but they’ve then been tied-up in the House. Georgia is the only state in the nation to specifically exempt adults in pickups from wearing seat belts. That has cost the state millions of dollars in federal highway funds.

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