Starting July 1, Minnesota state law will require every child seven years old and under to be in a car seat or booster seat. The only exception is if they're 4'9" or taller. Under current law, they're only required for kids three and under. Advocates hope the change will help get an important message to parents.
Full Article here.
I was reminded of this when I saw an article about Texas changing it's Booster Law (yay!). For my Texas friends and family, your new law goes into effect September 1, 2009. It's about the same as MNs.
Here is a state-by-state break down of the current laws. Child Restraint Laws
Hopefully soon we will have tougher laws for Extended Rear Facing. Another PSA on this, but if your child has not yet met the maximum weight allowance of your car seat (for rear-facing, usually 30 lbs!) keep him/her backwards! It's way safer. Unless you prefer risking internal decapitation.
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Yay for the PSA's! As we talked about, I am SO happy about the new booster law. I hope more people start keeping their kids RF longer, too.
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