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US booster seat laws, State by State

Booster seat laws vary across the United States. Each state sets their own guidelines to what they feel is appropriate. The majority of the 52 states including DC enforce the law that a child is required to use a booster seat until they reach at least 60 pounds or 6 years of age. With the increase in injury legislation is pushing for harsher booster seat laws nationwide.

We’ve put together what we think is one of the Internets most comprehensive state by state lists of booster seat laws, the age/height/weight limits for a child to be in a booster seat, the penalty and the year the law came into force. Read more »

Three US States STILL without Booster Seat laws

After all the press, hype and campaigning it’s hard to believe there are States across America that still do not require parents to use Booster Seats when taking their children on journeys in the car.

Of States without any laws (Arizona, Florida and South Dakota) Arizona is at least making some sort of move to rectify the situation. Read more »

US unveils new child seat ratings system for parents

Parents who struggle to install their child safety seats or fasten their toddlers in the back-seat chairs are receiving some new guidance from the government.

The Transportation Department said Wednesday it was revamping a consumer ratings system for child safety seats to help parents and caregivers make the best choice for their kids. Read more »

AAA Survey Finds Many Child Safety Seat Laws Inadequate

Thirty years after the enactment of the nation's first child safety seat law, a new survey shows parents strongly support child safety seats and child seat laws. Yet nearly 100 children under age 5 die every year in crashes they could have survived had they been using child safety seats, said AAA in calling for states to close gaps in their child passenger safety laws.

According to a survey released by AAA to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Tennessee's first-in-the-nation child safety seat law, more than half of all parents (54 percent) look to their Read more »

Massachusetts Senate has approved a bill that requires more children to use booster seats

This news from our friends at The Boston Globe

The Massachusetts Senate has approved a bill that would require more children to use booster seats, which supporters say would protect children better during car accidents.

The law now requires children under age 6, or weighing less than 40 pounds, to use such seats. The bill, sponsored by Senator Steven Baddour of Methuen, would require children up to age 8 or 57 inches tall to use the seats. Read more »