The question is : If you are 16 or older, and you ride in a car in the back seat, is it legal and is it safe not to wear your seat belt?
Here is the answer: It is legal but it is not safe. Your body will act like a pinball because you will be knocking into other people and you will most likely kill everyone.
If you get in a car accident and you are in the back seat and you don't buckle up, you will get killed or you will end up killing the other people in the car.
I can't believe that she did not wear her seat belt and hit the pavement.
Wearing a seat belt reduces a risk of a fatal injury by 50%.
Only a quarter of all countries report good enforcment of all seat belt laws.
Seat belt laws should cover all people in the car, not just the driver.