When traveling by car, you must always keep your seat belts fastened not only in compliance with the law, but also and above all for your own safety.
According to a sentence of the Supreme Courtthe driver of the car involved in a traffic accident is responsible for road murder if the passenger dies because he was not wearing seat belts.
Obviously the concept needs to be explained better to avoid running into various misunderstandings. Also because today everyone is wondering, if the passenger does not wear a seat belt, who is the responsibility and who has to pay the fine?
Safety belts, when you need to keep them on and when you can release them without risking a fine
Seat belts must always be kept fastened both when the vehicle is in motion and when it is stopped in front of traffic lights or in a queue. They can never be released even for a matter of minutes. Only when the car engine is off eiThe vehicle is stopped at the edge of the road you can stay in the car without wearing a seat belt, but it must be a real stop and not a stop lasting a few minutes, for example the traffic light.
Who is stopped and found by the police without a seat belt, receives a fine ranging from € 80 to € 332, with the addition of a 5-point deduction from the driving license. If the belt is worn but not correctly, on the other hand, there is a risk of a fine from € 40 to € 162 and the deduction of 5 points from the driving license.
As for new drivers, the rules are strict and far more punitive. The novice driver is the one who has obtained the driving license for less than 3 years. If he is caught driving the car without a seat belt, he risks being fined between € 83 and € 132 with the deduction of 10 points of the license.
This is who has to pay the fine if the passenger is not wearing a seat belt
Finally, to answer the question that everyone is asking, a fine for not using the seat belt by a passenger in the car, it does not go to the driver as one often thinks, but to the passenger himself.
This is because the driver is not considered by law to be responsible for what other passengers do. So, to give a practical example, if the Police during a roadside check notices that there are two passengers in a car who are not wearing a seat belt, they are obliged to sanction them both.
