In my kids pediatricians office the same posters had been there since 1995. Rear-face to 20lbs Forward face in harness until 40lbs Then use a booster seat.
I thought one good thing about the Joplin tornado was that those posters would be lost. But they showed up again at the temporary offices. And the doctor quotes those posters and so the parents believe the doctor knows best. I really wish someone would educate the doctors more so they could educate parents more. My neighbor's kids go to the same office as my kids but with a different doctor. Her 6 year old is just in the seatbelt and her 10 month old is in a cosco high back harnessed booster because she follows what the doctor tells her. I have told her she should visit CSO but she says the doctor wouldn't say it was okay if it wasn't safe.
So yes, I think there should be billboards about it. I think doctors offices should be educated and have to have posters that expire every 6 years and have to be replaced. Or even better ones that are replaced at the beginning of every year with current recommendations. I think any place that sells child restraints should have posters in the area telling parents the minimums of the law and the current recommendations.
this happened to me. My kid's doctor told me I had to ff at 20 lbs, that it's dangerous to have them rf past that, and that they can't have their knees bent when rf, or their legs will break in a wreck. That scared me, so I turned them (14months, and 10 months
) I thank god we were never in a wreck. GOOD information is not readily available, I think posters with current recommendations should be in drs offices, WIC offices, all stores that sell car seats, and they should stress that turning at 2 and boostering at 40lbs is the MINIMUM. of course it doesn't help that ff only seats (like nauti for example) say "20-65lbs harness" and there are boosters that say "30lbs", then parents think it's ok, which I feel is understandable. If the only information you're given says that it's ok to use a ff seat at 20lbs and booster at 30lbs, then why would you think otherwise?