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| Seat Belt Bill On Hold For
Today |
 (Columbia-AP) -- The Senate's filibuster over a
new seat belt law has been sidelined for at least a
day.
Supporters and opponents of changing the state's
seat belt law agreed this afternoon that they would put the
debate on hold for a day.
Rules Committee Chairman
Larry Martin of Pickens told the Senate it would be a chance
to get to less contentious issues on the Senate's
calendar.
Martin says he will try to seek the same
permission tomorrow.
A bill that senators have been
debating for weeks now would allow police to stop adult
motorists who are --not-- wearing their seat belts. Current
law allows officers to ticket adult motorists
for seat belt
violations only after they have been stopped for another
offense.
Police also can stop and ticket cars when
children are not wearing seat belts. |
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