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Lawmaker looking at boosting seatbelt fine
As a way to encourage more people to buckle up, an
Appleton Democrat says it might be time to increase the long-standing $10 ticket.
Rep. Penny Bernard Schaber says there are steep costs, when a seatbelt may have saved someone's life.
The $10 fine has been in place for 26 years, ever since the state's mandatory seatbelt law took effect. Nearly four years ago, lawmakers gave police the authority to pull someone over, if they're not buckled up.
Randy Romanski of the DOT says right now, seatbelt use is at an all-time high, at 79 percent. But he says they want to increase that to 85 percent, by the end of the year.
Appleton Democrat says it might be time to increase the long-standing $10 ticket.Rep. Penny Bernard Schaber says there are steep costs, when a seatbelt may have saved someone's life.
The $10 fine has been in place for 26 years, ever since the state's mandatory seatbelt law took effect. Nearly four years ago, lawmakers gave police the authority to pull someone over, if they're not buckled up.
Randy Romanski of the DOT says right now, seatbelt use is at an all-time high, at 79 percent. But he says they want to increase that to 85 percent, by the end of the year.
