Link for state laws re. car seats??

Tara · Sep 12, 2005

Does anyone have a general link to find out the laws for each state? Concerning their child restraint laws.

I'd like to have that link handy as info for folks from time to time.

Tara · Sep 12, 2005

Of course, went off to answer my own question

I came across NHTSA chart

As well as another little tidbit that I didn't much care for the wording.

The following are guidelines for determining the correct safety seat for infants and children: Infants 0-12 months must be restrained in a rear-facing infant seat until at least 20 pounds AND 1 year of age.

Children over 20 pounds and 1 year of age should be in a forward-facing safety seat with a 5-point harness until 40 pounds.

Children over 40 pounds should be restrained in a forward-facing belt-positioning booster seat with lap/shoulder belt until about 80 pounds AND 57 inches in height.

Children over approximately 80 pounds and 57 inches tall can wear adult lap/shoulder belts when the child is tall enough to sit with back and bottom all the way back against the vehicle seat with the shoulder belt across the chest. (Never behind the child.)

It's that whole 'should be' part when referring to the guidelines for over 20# and over 40#. Makes it sound as though it's NOT ok to have an over 20 pounder RF, that they ought to be FF KWIM? Did anyone else read it that way? Or was it just me?
It's these kind of requirement descriptions, interpretations, whatever you wanna call 'em...that have folks thinking it's perfectly fine, safe and really what you ought to do...to turn babies FF too soon and plop them in a BPB way before they are capable of being there.
I guess at least this did mention the child should be in a booster until 80 lbs. As is KY's new law. It's the only place I saw that mentioned.

Even the first mentioned link, nhtsa's site, had the old law of "under 40 inches" requires a safety seat.

Victorious4 · Sep 12, 2005

http://www.hwysafety.org/laws/state_laws/restrain.html

The 1st link within that article (at the top) has a good list of laws by state.... Boy, Kentucky sucks for child passenger safety

& yes, I hate that wording, too - I've complained about it to a few places, but never get a response

Tara · Sep 12, 2005

Yeah...KY is pretty 'backwards' I'll be glad to move out of here, for so many reasons

(not that we're 'planning' necessarily, but hoping)
See why I need to be a tech?? LOL To try to encourage folks to go 'above and beyond' the minimum/minimal law.

Thanks for the link..I think I tried that one but for some reason couldn't get in. Trying again

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