Yes... I think you deserve a ticket (and a boot to the head) for not wearing your seatbelt. There's just no excuse...

Cell phone... well... if you're being distracted by your cell phone, that would be problematic and worthy of a ticket. If you did something out of the ordinary (swerved into another lane, jammed on your brakes, etc.) and a cop saw that you were on your phone, I'd think you deserve a ticket (and another boot to the head).
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H-97-2 (the States, the District of Columbia, and the Territories)
Issued July 1, 1997
Added to the Most Wanted List: 1998
Status: Various
Enact legislation that provides for primary enforcement of mandatory seat belt use laws, including provisions such as the imposition of driver’s license penalty points and appropriate fines. Existing legal provisions that insulate people from the financial consequences of not wearing a seat belt should be repealed. (Source: Letter of recommendation dated July 1, 1997, as a result of the Board’s 1997 Public Forum on Air Bags and Child Passenger Safety)

Twenty-six States (AL, AK, CA, CT, DE, GA, HI, IL, IN, IA, KY, LA, ME, MD, MI, MS, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX, and WA), the five Territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and the District of Columbia have enacted primary enforcement laws. However, the primary enforcement law applies to all seating positions in only 11 States (AK, CA, DE, IN, KY, ME, NC, NM, OR, SC, and WA) and the District of Columbia.

Fines for non-compliance
Source(s):
http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/mostwanted/highway_occupant_protection.htm

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