Kevin Corcoran, for the Indy Star, in an article entitled Governor approves higher speeds, reports that the higher speed limit law –allowing 70 mph on interstates outside of urban areas– has been signed and will go into effect July 1. There was some discussion of whether officers would give speeders the same kind of cushion they did when the speed limit was 65 mph. But what struck me was this quote from Indiana State Police Lt. Scott Beamon:
““Some officers will adjust what their tolerance is,†Beamon said. “I imagine that adjustment would be downward. That’s left to their discretion.
“The only thing we don’t allow discretion over is seatbelt violations. Those are zero tolerance.”
I thought it was interesting that seat belt violations went from being only secondarily enforceable (that is, the police couldn’t pull you over solely because of a seat belt violation) to being “zero tolerance.”
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