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On the recordFebruary 10, 2004
I assure the Senator it is almost identical. You can come down to where it has worked in the case of alcohol, and now 47 States out of the 50 have adopted the alcohol legislation. I think, quite frankly, that we can see a similar number of States quickly adopt this legislation--a primary seatbelt law to avoid the penalties. So it is not without precedent, and it also gives the State the alternative of doing it by some other means than going down the path I have outlined.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Discussing the adoption of primary seatbelt laws in relation to alcohol legislation.

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