Legislative Watch 
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1/12/05-Rep. James Pilliod, R-Belmont, recently filed legislation that would permit police to ticket unbelted drivers and passengers in vehicles pulled over for another traffic violation, such as speeding or a bad taillight.
New Hampshire, whose motto is “Live Free or Die,” has long resisted a universal seat-belt law, though every other state has one.
However, the state is being forced to spend a portion of its federal highway money on traffic safety because the state doesn’t have a stricter seat belt law.
The federal government mandated in 2001 that states pass the provision or spend a percentage of federal highway dollars on public safety projects such as drunken driving checkpoints and installing cables in medians to prevent crossover accidents.
