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Jan 24, 2013 | 12:16 am

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Originally Posted by celle

Since the OP complained that he was fined, in spite of there being no notices about the compulsory wearing of seat belts, perhaps it is possible that the policeman who fined him for not wearing a seat belt did so because the OP was not carrying a sign stating he was a tourist?

I wouldn't be so sure about that.

Since the probability is high that there was some verbal communication involved, the police officer probably had a clue that the individual was a foreigner and perhaps even a tourist. Don't the NZ citation writers ask for the ID of people they stop when wanting to issue a ticket in the name of such adult who has committed an infraction? That probably gives a pretty good idea to the police officer too.

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Originally Posted by BadgerBoi

You read it one way, I read it the way it was written. Americans are not exactly famous for their grasp of geography.

I am not sure whether or not that is meant to be some sort of personalized insult directed at some FTer or some kind of insult directed at an entire nationality, but that last sentence above may be seen as such by some.

Personally, I find that Americans at the top end are rather exactly famous for their grasp of world geography given how well Americans perform in the following competition (which also includes people from various continents):

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ge...-championship/

with winning performances along the following lines:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...d_Championship

And at the bottom end, people aren't so different.

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Originally Posted by tjl

But if you normally use the seat belts in the front seat, why would you not use the seat belts in the rear seat?

Seat-belt use in the back seat is internationally less common and less commonly required by law than front seat-belt use. The explanation for that difference between belting up when in the front vs when in the back may have to do with a perception of risk being different based on location in the vehicle and with greater international variance in legal standards for backseat seat-belts than for front seat-belts.

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