I saw this on the news last night...so went searching for the bill this am.
Currently our law is that you have to be in a seat if you're younger than 6 and weigh less than 40 pounds, with a proper use clause.
The new law would be to age 8 with a HEIGHT requirement. I didn't see the specific height listed, but it sounds like they would be aiming for 4'9"!!!
Here's a link to the bill itself, I'm off to email my local state delagates and state senators(we have an MD senate)!
http://mlis.state.md.us/2008RS/bills/sb/sb0789f.pdf
Susan
Currently our law is that you have to be in a seat if you're younger than 6 and weigh less than 40 pounds, with a proper use clause.
The new law would be to age 8 with a HEIGHT requirement. I didn't see the specific height listed, but it sounds like they would be aiming for 4'9"!!!
Here's a link to the bill itself, I'm off to email my local state delagates and state senators(we have an MD senate)!
http://mlis.state.md.us/2008RS/bills/sb/sb0789f.pdf
Susan