Injury prevention press conference

Arkansas Surgeon General Dr. Joe Thompson will host a news conference on Monday at 9:30 a.m. The event will support injury prevention efforts represented by SB309 (graduated drivers licensing) and SB78 (primary seatbelt law). Others participating in the event will be Dr. Mary Aitken, Director of the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Injury Prevention Center, and Arkansas State Police Director Colonel Phillips, along with several legislators. As a supporter of both of these bills, I wish I could be there but will be speaking to Leadership Arkansas at the Capitol at the same time.

If you want the most succinct reasoning in opposition to the primary seatbelt law, check this post on Zack Stovall's blog. My criminal defense attorney brother agrees with him, but reasonsable minds can differ, no? In addition to federal funds its passage would provide, you oughta give law enforcement the authority to enforce the statutes on the book in this instance.