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?
As I understand it, getting someone killed through negligence of any kind is manslaughter.
So I’d say yes.
Are you saying the driver is wearing the seatbelt, the passenger(s) aren’t?
And how does the death result? Is it because of an accident? Are they messing/moving around in the car? Are they legally allowed to not be wearing a seatbelt in the vehicle?
There’s too many undefined variables I think for anyone to give you a solid answer.
I’ve heard it mentioned that a passenger in the rear without a seat belt becomes a projectile in a crash and can kill or injure the person sitting in front of them.
That was my thoughts
In the US at least, it’s not a requirement to wear a seatbelt in the back seat most places.
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These laws differ widely from state to state and there are different requirements for minors and adults.
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.
But, the person who died is buckled in. That’s how I read it.
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.
