Seat belt safety is the most important safety aspect of driving. There are only a few exceptions to the rule.

The only exceptions are for:

• people who wear a disabled person's belt,
• people whose doctors have certified that, on medical grounds, they should not wear a safety belt,
• driving instructors or driver testers during a lesson or a test, and
• Gardaí or members of the defence forces in the course of their duty.

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