they could only ticket you for your seatbelt if they pulled you over for something else. they just passed it into law in florida where a cop can pull you over with no other reason and ticket you for not wearing one i believe these last few weeks/months.
when i got in my accident..the only thing saving my life was NOT wearing one. telephone pole literally halfway through the drivers SEAT right smack in the middle of the driver door, EXACTLY where my head would have been. seatbelt would have tightened, wouldnt have been able to move to the other side of the truck. head would be cracked into oblivion.