Opinion No. (2000)

Dear Price,

¶ 0 This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask, in effect, the following question:

Are pick-up trucks exempt from the Oklahoma Mandatory Seat BeltUse Act set forth at 47 O.S. 12-417 (1999)?

¶ 1 The Oklahoma Mandatory Seat Belt Use Act (the "Act") requires all operators and front seat passengers to use safety belts when operating a passenger car in Oklahoma:

"Every operator and front seat passenger of a passenger car operated in this state shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety seat belt system, required to be installed…