(A) Each driver and front seat passenger of a motor vehicle operated on a roadway in this Village shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt, except that a child less than 8 years of age shall be protected as required pursuant to the Illinois Child Passenger Protection Act (625 ILCS 25/1 et seq.). Each driver of a motor vehicle transporting a child 8 years of age or more, but less than 16 years of age, shall secure the child in a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt. Each driver of a motor vehicle transporting a passenger who is unable, due to infirmity, illness, or age, to properly adjust and fasten a seat safety belt and is not exempted from wearing a seat safety belt under division (B) shall secure the passenger in a properly adjusted and fastened seat safety belt as required under this section.
(B) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) A driver or passenger frequently stopping and leaving the vehicle for delivering property from the vehicle, if the speed of the vehicle between stops does not exceed 15 miles per hour;
(2) A driver or passenger possessing a written statement from a physician that such person is unable, for medical or physical reasons, to wear a safety belt;
(3) A driver or passenger possessing an official certificate or license endorsement issued by the appropriate agency in another state or countyindicating that the driver or passenger is unable for medical, physical or other valid reasons to wear a safety belt;
(4) A driver operating a motor vehicle in reverse;
(5) A motor vehicle with a model year prior to 1965;
(6) A motorcycle or motor driven cycle;
(7) A moped;
(8) A motor vehicle which is not required to be equipped with safety belts under federal law.
(C) The requirement to wear a properly adjusted and fastened seatbelt shall also apply to the driver or passenger of an authorized emergency vehicle, including all Police and Fire Department personnel, unless the delivery of life-saving measures prohibits the use of a seat safetybelt.
(D) Violation of any provision of this section is declared to be a petty offense, and any operator or passenger of a passenger motor vehicle convicted of a violation hereunder shall be fined up to $100.
(E) Failure to wear a seat belt in violation of this section shall not be considered evidence of negligence, shall not limit the liability of an insurer, and shall not diminish any recovery for damages arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or operation of a motor vehicle.
(F) Any Village police officer may stop any motor vehicle or driver or passenger of such vehicle solely on the basis of a violation or suspected violation of this section while such motor vehicle is being operated on any roadway within this jurisdiction.
(Ord. —, passed - -1999; Am. Ord. CO-2014-33, passed 11-5-2014)