Following a slew of new child restraint laws in the past couple of months, we have observed a fair amount of skepticism regarding the necessity of booster seats. The NHTSA website has a number of informative studies, though you have to wade through quite a lot of statistics to find what you are looking for.
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Specific provisions vary widely from State to State. All laws include an age limit, but some States also emphasize weight limits, while others also stipulate height requirements.
NHTSA has a site filled with newly updated information on booster seat requirements. This particular chart is great for providing a clear visual overview. With so many different requirements, […]

Researchers from the Sydney and NSW Universities recently set out to find out why [about 1000 Australian children are seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents each year, despite wearing seatbelts.] They trawled through past studies on seatbelts and child car crash injuries, and published their results in the Medical Journal of Australia.
They found that adult […]

1. Does your child sit all the way back against the auto seat?
2. Do your child’s knees bend comfortably at the edge of the auto seat?
3. Is the lap belt below the tummy, touching the thighs?
4. Is the shoulder belt centered on the shoulder and chest?
5. Can your child stay seated like this for the […]