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I can't get a good answer for this as Google is thinking I'm talking just solely on the driver. I'm including passengers who don't. I've seen PSAs that tell you the dangers you pose for others as well when you don't wear a seatbelt. So if you don't wear a seatbelt and that results in someone being killed could you not wearing a seatbelt mean you get a manslaughter charge?

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[โ€“] bitcrafter@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

According to this page, you could attempt to argue "lack of causation" if there was no connection between you not wearing a seat belt and your passenger getting killed.

[โ€“] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But, the person who died is buckled in. That's how I read it.

[โ€“] bitcrafter@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, and that is my point: unless you wearing a seat belt somehow made the accident more likely to happen, it really doesn't seem like manslaughter applies here.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

I think the unbelted passenger became the lethal projectile in this case (and somehow survived to be prosecuted).