Fine for Not Wearing a Seatbelt
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Question
Dear Rabbi, Shalom and blessings. I hired a driver on the eve of Simchat Torah 5786 from Jerusalem to Be'er Sheva. I traveled with my wife and two children aged 2 and 3. On the way, a policeman stopped the car and saw that my wife was not wearing a seatbelt, nor were my two children (all three were sitting in the back seats). I was sitting in the front with a seatbelt because the driver asked me to wear it, but he did not ask my wife, and there were no child seats in the car at all (I mentioned in the company booking that I have two children). The driver received a fine of 250 shekels, and my wife also received a fine of 250 shekels. Now the driver wants me to pay him for the fine because my wife was holding the baby and was not wearing a seatbelt, so he received a fine. Please teach us, Rabbi, what is the halachic ruling. Thank you very much.
Answer
Shalom and blessings
There is no obligation to pay him.
The damage caused to him is only 'grama', and even less than that.