§ 23-7. Wearing of safety belts.

(a)

As used in this section the term "passenger car" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying ten (10) persons or less and used for the transportation of persons; except that, the term "passenger car" shall not include motorcycles, motorized bicycles, motor tricycles and trucks with a licensed gross weight of twelve thousand (12,000) pounds or more.

(b)

Each driver and each front seat passenger of a passenger car manufactured after January 1, 1968, operating on a street or highway of this city shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt that meets federal National Highway Transportation and Safety Act requirements; except that a child less than four (4) years of age shall be protected as required in section 210.104 RSMo.

(c)

Each driver of a motor vehicle transporting a child four (4) years of age or more, but less than sixteen (16) years of age, shall secure the child in a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt.

(Ord. No. 6779, §§ 1, 2, 10-24-95; Ord. No. 97-59, §§ I, II, 10-14-97)

Editor's note

Ordinance No. 6779, adopted Oct. 24, 1995, did not specifically amend this Code; hence, codification of §§ 1 and 2 of said ordinance as § 23-7 herein was at the editor's discretion.