[Spridgets] Safety - Seat Belts and Roll Bar Question

[Jeff Foster]

On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Jim F. <jimndi at frontiernet.net> wrote:

> I live in NY and have 2 Antique cars I installed Belts in both The local
> police tell me that if the vehicle has a seat belt, It must be worn,


I believe that to be the case in Illinois as well.  Pre-1964 (I believe)
vehicles are not required to have belts _installed_; but if they are there
you'd better have them in use if stopped!


> On a stupider note, the law in NY requires a windshield wiper but does not
> require a windshield.


Same here in Illinois when my brother had a street legal "dune buggy".  He
got stopped for no windshiled and the officer called in to verify when my
brother told him they weren't required.  He came back writing a ticket for
no wipers ... that's when my brother pointed out the old manual wiper from a
Model T mounted to the bottom of the front roll bar!