Click it: Stricter seatbelt enforcement gets preliminary House OK

Rep. Pat Brennan, R-Colchester. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
After a particularly deadly year for Vermont drivers, lawmakers are looking to up the ante for seatbelt enforcement.
Rep. Pat Brennan, chair of the House Transportation Committee, says current seatbelt enforcement laws are not adequate enough to protect public safety.
Vermont law only allows police to charge drivers for not wearing a seatbelt as a secondary offense if drivers are pulled over for another violation, such as sp