In my state yes, you are the car operator and you must have an operable car. You can get two tickets, drive or move an unsafe vehicle and passenger unbelted.
Your car, your responsibility. No front seat passanger until it is working, no problem.
Simply put: if you knowingly allow a passenger to sit in the seat that has a defective seatbelt, yes. It’s called negligence. Don’t allow anyone to use that seat until it’s fixed. Have your passenger use a back seat (assuming those seat belts are opperative). Whether or not the accident is your fault or someone else’s, you, as the operator of the vehicle are responsible for the cars safety as well as the passengers. Since you know the seat belt does not work, simply do not use that seat until it’s fixed. Otherwise, in some states, you’ll be totally responsible if the court finds you knew about it and allowed someone to use a faulty seat/belt. It’s like a pilot of a plane taking off, knowing maybe the landing gear is faulty. Your taking a BIG RISK
Yes you can and I would take the car back and have the repair guys fix the belt right. It is your fault that you are not doing anything to get the belt repaired and the cops will look at it that way. Go back and demand the fix it right.
You did not specify the state, and laws vary. In general, a broken seat-belt is NOT a defense. The only exception I have ever heard to seat-belt laws is vehicles that were never equipped with seat-belts. Few such vehicles are still on the road.
Well, in my state you could get a repair ticket forcing you to fix it, but the Passenger would get the ticket for not having it on, click it or ticket. Good question…
In my state yes, you are the car operator and you must have an operable car. You can get two tickets, drive or move an unsafe vehicle and passenger unbelted.
Your car, your responsibility. No front seat passanger until it is working, no problem.
Simply put: if you knowingly allow a passenger to sit in the seat that has a defective seatbelt, yes. It’s called negligence. Don’t allow anyone to use that seat until it’s fixed. Have your passenger use a back seat (assuming those seat belts are opperative). Whether or not the accident is your fault or someone else’s, you, as the operator of the vehicle are responsible for the cars safety as well as the passengers. Since you know the seat belt does not work, simply do not use that seat until it’s fixed. Otherwise, in some states, you’ll be totally responsible if the court finds you knew about it and allowed someone to use a faulty seat/belt. It’s like a pilot of a plane taking off, knowing maybe the landing gear is faulty. Your taking a BIG RISK
Yes you can and I would take the car back and have the repair guys fix the belt right. It is your fault that you are not doing anything to get the belt repaired and the cops will look at it that way. Go back and demand the fix it right.
It IS your fault you did not take the car back and demand they fix the seat belt as soon as you discovered that it wasn’t fixed
You are the one responsible for maintaining your car in good condition. If you don’t do so, it IS your fault, and you can get a ticket and a fine.
Sorry.
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Uncle Floyd
You did not specify the state, and laws vary. In general, a broken seat-belt is NOT a defense. The only exception I have ever heard to seat-belt laws is vehicles that were never equipped with seat-belts. Few such vehicles are still on the road.
Well, in my state you could get a repair ticket forcing you to fix it, but the Passenger would get the ticket for not having it on, click it or ticket. Good question…