This month I’d like to let you know of some excellent websites that will clear up your confusion over child passenger restraints. We get quite a few calls each month asking us for recommendations and the law on child seats and child restraints.
By accessing this DMV website you can see exactly what the law requires. https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&urile=wcm:path:/dmv_content_en/dmv/pubs/vctop/vc/d12/c5/a3.3/27360
The following DMV website lists some of the exemptions to 27360 of the California Vehicle Code. You can refer to this to see if any of them apply to you. https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&urile=wcm:path:/dmv_content_en/dmv/pubs/vctop/vc/d12/c5/a3.3/27363
So, from a legal standpoint, the State of California says you must not transport a child who is under eight years of age, without properly securing that child in a rear seat in an appropriate child passenger restraint system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards.
So what is an, “appropriate child passenger restraint system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards?” This is where the final website comes in. You will really like this site. It is sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and an excellent and comprehensive website on everything you ever wanted to know about car seats and child restraints. It is put together very well and is extremely informative. http://www.safercar.gov/parents/CarSeats/Car-Seat-Safety.htm
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