Back Seat drivers buckle up. Starting October 1, the police have the right to ticket back seat passengers for not wearing their seatbelts. This is a “secondary” offense, meaning that the police won’t pull a car over if they notice this infraction, but if the driver is stopped for any reason, everyone in the car must have a seatbelt on. This means that drivers can no longer carry more people in their car than there are seatbelts.