Statewide, Iowa (RI) – 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 seat belt.
Chaney Yeast — a lobbyist for Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines — spoke during a House subcommittee hearing on the bill.
Yeast says research shows back seat passengers who aren’t wearing a seat belt can be critically injured or killed in a traffic accident.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association, 30 other states have mandatory seat belt laws for back seat passneers.
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