Oh i have no issue with the money being paid. I'm proudly socialist, and i'm glad that such a thing exists.
That said, i do consider it the duty of any civilized country to make seatbelts mandatory where reasonable, in order to protect the country as a whole against the stupidity of a few, and that with almost no cost to boot.
That said, i do consider it the duty of any civilized country to make seatbelts mandatory where reasonable, in order to protect the country as a whole against the stupidity of a few, and that with almost no cost to boot.
As for your last question: In the three biggest german-speaking countries it's mandatory since 1976, with only a small number of exceptions at this date: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicherheitsgurt#Einf.C3.BChrung
Violations are punished with fees, as well as with points in a register that can, if accrued enough, lead to loss of the driving license. http://www.bussgeldkatalog.de/anschnallpflicht/