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Child Passenger Safety (cont.)

Child Passenger Protection Laws

  • All US states and territories have child passenger protection laws.


  • Until recently, almost all state safety belt laws were "secondary enforcement," meaning that a citation could be written only after an officer stopped the vehicle for some other infraction.


  • To see child passenger protection laws by state/territory, visit the Web site of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.



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