The new year will bring with it more opportunities for Ohioans to be ticketed and fined, but also some new benefits.

Starting Friday, Ohioans can be ticketed and fined $100 for failing to turn on their lights when their windshield wipers are on. Law enforcement has only been issuing warnings in the first six months since the law took effect.

A story from the AP says, Lt. Anthony Bradshaw of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said the motorists must turn on their headlights "anytime when the windshield wipers of the vehicle are in use because of precipitation," including rain, mist, snow, ice and fog.

"You want to make sure people coming down the road can see you," Bradshaw said.

The law is a secondary offense, meaning that motorists cannot be pulled over solely for failing to obey the new law. They must first be pulled over for something else, such as speeding, before they can be ticketed and fined for not having their headlights on.

Other changes in the new year include tickets and fines for booster seat violations. Beginning April 7, drivers in Ohio can be fined up to $75 if they don't put children ages four through seven, or shorter than 4 feet 9 inches tall, in a booster seat. Like the headlights law, it is a secondary offense.

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