If you thought Texas already had a booster seat law, you would be partially correct.  According to a new law enacted last September, Texas law requires children ages 8 and under, unless they are taller than 4’8″, to use an appropriate child safety seat.  This means they need to use belt-positioning booster seats until they [...]

With all the attention on booster seat safety in passenger vehicles, many people are surprised that the same laws don’t apply when it comes to school buses.  Many school buses don’t even have seat belts. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) assures us that school buses are one of the safest forms of transportation [...]

This month, Ohio authorities started enforcing the booster seat law that went into effect in October 2009.  This law requires that: children ages 8 and under and less than 4’9″ use a booster seat children under age 4 and less than 40 lbs. use a child safety seat. Law Enforcement treated the past six months [...]

In the last few years, legislators in most states and provinces have acknowledged the need for age limits below which children need to use booster seats.  As the chart above shows, 7 is the age at which the highest number of states feel this is necessary.  However, almost as many states mandate an upper age limit [...]

Regardless of legal requirements regarding booster seat usage when renting a cab, the practical considerations are often a different kettle of fish.  For one thing, even if you are traveling with only one child, carrying a booster seat around the city can be cumbersome, to put it mildly.  For another, your taxi driver may not [...]

Most parents with children who have outgrown their child seat don’t think twice any more about graduating them into booster seats in the family car, but what are the legal requirements when it comes to taxis?   This is a great question, though the answer is not always as straightforward as you might think.  For some [...]

Researchers tell us seat belts are designed for people who are at least 4’9” (145cm) tall.  So we were wondering just how many children have grown tall enough to safely use an adult seat belt without a booster seat.  We think you will be interested to see what we found. To get the data, we [...]

On November 24th, 2009, the upper age limit of New York State’s child restraint law will be raised.  All children must be restrained in an appropriate child restraint system while riding in a motor vehicle, until they reach their 8th birthday.  Currently, this law applies to children aged 4 to 6. Safety belts are not [...]