Also note: If the interpretation of the law is strictly that a booster seat must be used for children 4 to 8 years old, it would be illegal to transport a child over 4 years of age in a 5-point harness seat although the harness seat would be safer. Children who are at least 2 or older who have reached the rear-facing weight or height limits of child restraint system must be restrained in a forward-facing restraint system with internal harness until the child reaches the weight or height limit of the child restraint system as set by the manufacturer.
Location in car : Children who are younger than 13 must be transported in the rear seat of the vehicle, when available. The Ride Safer is a child restraint with an internal harness system. The vest itself is a harness and it is crash tested as a harness system with the tether strap and lap-only seat belt per standards in FMVSS RideSafer works as a belt-positioning seat with the lap-shoulder belt.
Since the RideSafer with lap-shoulder belt and tether restrains 4 points of the body, it would be more protective than a booster seat which only has 3 contact points on the body. The RideSafer can usually be used until the child can pass the 5-step seat belt fit test.
If the child has outgrown the recommended weight for the convertible seat in a rear-facing position, the child can be in a forward-facing position. All other children younger than 18 must be secured in a seat belt. Location in car : Children under 12 years old and who weigh less than lbs.
Maryland Car Seat Law 22— Michigan Car Seat Law Section If all available rear seats are occupied by children less than 4 years of age or if there is no rear seat, then a child less than 4 years of age may be positioned in the child restraint system in the front seat, including a rear-facing child restraint system if the front passenger air bag is deactivated.
Children who are between the ages of 4 and 8 years old AND are less than 4 feet, 9 inches tall must be properly secured in a child restraint system. Location in car : Children under 4 should be in a rear seat if possible.
Minnesota Car Seat Law Mississippi Car Seat Law MCA Law : Children under the age of 4 year must be protected by properly using a child passenger restraint device or system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards.
Location in car : Not specified Taxi : Not exempt as far as I can find RideSafer legal: Yes, the RideSafer travel vest qualifies for children who are at least age 3 and 30 pounds. While RideSafer is not a booster, it does function as a belt positioning seat and meets federal motor vehicle safety standards as a harness restraint. Of course, if followed to the letter, this Mississippi law would also make it illegal for children 4 and older to continue using a safer forward-facing 5-point child restraint, even if they still fit appropriately.
Children weighing less than forty pounds, regardless of age, shall be secured in a child passenger restraint system appropriate for that child. Children at least four years of age but less than eight years of age, who also weigh at least forty pounds but less than eighty pounds, and who are also less than four feet nine inches tall, shall be secured in a child passenger restraint system or booster seat appropriate for that child.
Children at least eighty pounds or children more than four feet, nine inches in height shall be secured by a vehicle safety belt or booster seat appropriate for that child. A child who otherwise would be required to be secured in a booster seat may be transported in the back seat of a motor vehicle while wearing only a lap belt if the back seat of the motor vehicle is not equipped with a combination lap and shoulder belt for booster seat installation.
The RideSafer travel vest qualifies for children who are at least age 3 and 30 pounds. Nebraska Car Seat Law , Law : All children up to age eight must be transported using a correctly installed child passenger restraint system which meet FMVSS standards and in a rear seat. Children ages eight and over up to age eighteen must ride secured in an occupant protection system.
Location in car : Children 7 and younger must be in rear seat. New Hampshire Car Seat Law RSA a Law : Children under 7 or under 57 inches shall be properly fastened and secured by a federally-approved child restraint system. Children up to age 18 who are not otherwise in a child restraint must wear seat belt. Fine : Not applicable. RVs : Occupants up to 18 years old; children require child restraints.
Children under the age of 2 and who weigh less than 30 pounds shall be secured in a rear-facing child restraint equipped with a 5-point harness. Children under the age of 4 and weighing less than 40 pounds must be secured in a rear-facing child restraint system equipped with a 5-point harness until the child outgrows the top height or top weight recommendations of the child restraint or in a forward-facing child restraint equipped with a 5-point harness.
Children under the age of 8 and less than 57 inches tall must be secured in a forward-facing child restraint equipped with a 5-point harness until the child outgrows the top height or top weight recommendations of the child restraint or in a booster seat. Location in car : Children under the age of 8 and less than 57 inches should ride in back seat, if available. See our notes regarding this law and the RideSafer here. New Mexico Car Seat Law Law : Children less than 18 years of age shall be properly secured in a child passenger restraint device or a seat belt as follows: Children less than one year shall be secured a in federally approved rear-facing child passenger restraint device in the rear seat if there is no rear seat, the passenger seat airbag must be turned deactivated.
Children 1 to 4 years of age or children who weigh less than 40 pounds shall be properly secured in a federally approved child passenger restraint device. Children 5 through 6 or who weigh less than 60 pounds shall be secured in either a child booster seat or an appropriate federally approved child passenger restraint device. Children 7 through 12 shall be properly secured in a child passenger restraint device or seat belt.
Children can be secured in an adult seat belt when they pass the 5 step test. Location in car : Children younger than 1 year in a rear-facing child restraint must be in the rear seat. New York Car Seat Law Section c , search child restraint then choose c Law : Children must remain in an appropriate child restraint system until the age of eight 8.
A child restraint system may be a child safety seat, harness, vest or a booster seat. Specifically: Children under the age of four must be restrained in a specifically designed seat which meets FMVSS and is either permanently affixed or affixed with a seat belt.
The child restraint shall be rear facing if the child is under the age of 2 unless the child exceeds the weight and height recommendations set by the manufacturer of the rear-facing seat. Children under four but more than 40 pounds must be restrained in an appropriate child restraint system installed with a lap-shoulder belt or a lap-only belt in the event there is not an available lap-shoulder belt in the vehicle.
Children four or older but younger than 8 must be restrained in an appropriate child restraint system. Children 8 through 16 must be restrained using a lap-shoulder belt. Children under the age of four must be restrained in a federally approved car seat while riding on a school bus. If no seating position equipped with a lap and shoulder belt to properly secure the weight-appropriate child passenger restraint system is available, a child less than eight years of age and between 40 and 80 pounds may be restrained by a properly fitted lap-only belt.
This is a good situation when a RideSafer with a tether strap would be most useful. When a child reaches age 8 or 80 pounds, a properly fitted seat belt can be used in place of a car seat or booster seat. Location in car : Children less than 5 and 40 pounds must be secured in the rear seat of the vehicle, unless the child restraint system is designed for use with air bags.
Children ages 8 to 17 must be properly secured in a seat belt or child restraint, if needed. Ohio Car Seat Law Children ages 4 to 8 years of age and less than 4 foot 9 inches in height are required to be in a booster seat that meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. This is addressed in our comments below. Children at least 8 through 15 years of age must be properly restrained in a child restraint system or in an Occupant Restraining Device as described below.
An Occupant Restraining Device is defined as seat safety belt, shoulder belt, harness, or other safety device for restraining a person that satisfies the minimum the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. Booster seat is defined in 49 C. The RideSafer Travel vest, by the definition of the Ohio revised code Also note: If we and law enforcement were to strictly interpret this law as it is written, every child who is over four years old and over 40 pounds who is less than eight years of age and less than 4 feet nine inches in height would be required to be in a booster seat even though there are many conventional 5-point harness car seats rated by their respective manufacturers to properly restrain children who weigh over 40 pounds regardless of age.
Oklahoma Car Seat Law Children must be secured in a rear-facing child passenger restraint system until the age of 2 or until the child reaches the weight or height limit of the child restraint whichever occurs first Children under 4 years old must be secured in a child passenger restraint system.
Children who weigh 40 pounds or less must be properly secured with a child safety system that meets the minimum standards and specifications established by the Department of Transportation under ORS Unless the rear seat of the vehicle is not equipped with lap-shoulder belts, then the child may be secured with a lap belt OR if the child is properly secured with a child safety system that meets ORS As a certified child restraint that meets or exceeds FMVSS crash test requirements since , the RideSafer travel vest qualifies for children who are at least age 3 and 30 pounds.
Although the law states children who weigh more than 40 pounds must be elevated as in a booster seat, it also clearly states in subsection 3 b — as seen above in second exception bullet — as long as a child is properly secured in a child safety system which meets FMVSS such as the RideSafer this requirement does NOT apply. Children under 4 years of age shall be securely fastened in a child passenger restraint system as provided in subsection d. Children 4 years of age but younger than 8 years of age shall be securely in a fastened safety seat belt system and in an appropriately fitting child booster seat, as provided in subsection d.
Additional clarifications are included in the Pennsylvania Code the official codification of rules and regulations issued by Commonwealth agencies Chapter Explore the topic The Highway Code, road safety and vehicle rules.
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