The wearing of seat belts for back seat car passengers has now been made compulsory in French Polynesia in a bid to reduce injuries and road deaths.
Those found to defy the new rule will be fined just over 40 US dollars.
Rear seat car belts were made compulsory in France in 1990.
The new regulation in French Polynesia follows a recent ban to carry passengers in the back of pick-up trucks.
