GPS based seat belt monitoring system & method for using same

A method for determining seat belt usage in a vehicle by

• providing a GPS circuit which retrieves from one or more satellites at least one of the following datum:
• longitude, latitude, velocity, distance traveled, direction of travel and time;
• providing means for detecting improper seat belt use by at least one occupant of a vehicle;
• providing display means which indicates improper use of a seat belt by an occupant of the vehicle;
• providing switch means whereby a vehicle occupant can turn off the display means;
• providing a microprocessor which receives data from the GPS circuit and from the means for detecting improper seat belt use and which microprocessor determines the locations at which improper seat belt usage was detected;
• providing data storage means;
• providing a housing for the GPS circuit, the microprocessor and the storage means;
• securing the housing to the interior of a vehicle windshield;
• storing real time data including at least one of the following datum:
• longitude, latitude, direction of travel and time in the data storage means;
• storing real time data including locations at which seat belts were improperly used regardless of whether the display means was turned off by a vehicle occupant;
• retrieving data from the data storage means at a later date.