Current Iowa law says children under 12, drivers and front seat occupants of vehicles must be belted in, but an Iowa House committee may soon consider requiring that ALL occupants in a vehicle wear a seatbelt.
Chaney Yeast – a lobbyist for Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines – spoke during a House subcommittee hearing on the bill this week.
Yeast says research shows back seat passengers who aren’t wearing a seatbelt can be critically injured or killed in a traffic accident.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association, 30 other states have mandatory seatbelt laws for backseat passengers.
story courtesy of Radio Iowa
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