Commentary: North Dakota does not need primary enforcement for seat belt use
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum stands behind a poster for the state's new traffic safety initiative, Vision Zero, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, at the state Capitol in Bismarck. John Hageman / Forum News ServiceYesterday Governor Doug Burgum voiced unequivocal support for making North Dakota’s seat belt law a primary enforcement law.
Currently the law is a secondary enforcement offense. Which means the cops can only ticket you for not wearing your seat belt if they’ve already pulled you over for something else.
Lawmakers, though, are skeptical of primary enforcement. “I can’t imagine not wearing a seat belt, but at the same time I just don’t like seeing government rule everybody’s lives,” state Senator Lonnie Laffen, a Republican from Grand Forks, told my colleague John Hageman.
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