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keep the shoulder portion of
the seat belt snug across his/her
chest and rest midway between
the shoulder and neck
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stay seated this way throughout
the entire trip
The Virginia Child Passenger Safety
Law requires that children must ride
in a restraint until he/she reaches
at least their 8th birthday. Children
must also be secured correctly.
Secure the booster seat at all times,
even when a child is not riding in it.
If the seat is not buckled, the booster
seat can be tossed around in the
vehicle and injure other passengers
during a crash or sudden stop.
Always read the child restraint's
instruction booklet for complete
instructions and read your
vehicle owner's manual for
correct usage in your vehicle.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and
the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend
keeping children in a safety seat with harnesses
for as long as possible or until he/she outgrows the
harnesses by upper weight or height limit.
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Booster Seat
Why Use a
Booster Seat?
Seat belts are designed for adults;
not children. Children under the age
of eight who have outgrown their
safety seats are usually too small
for seat belts. Even older children
should continue to ride in a booster
until they are able to fit a vehicle
seat belt correctly.
Booster seats used with a lap/shoul-
der belt serve as a step between a
safety seat with a harness and the
vehicle seat belt. A booster seat
raises a child up so that the seat belt
fits correctly and can provide better
protection. Skipping this step is very
unsafe.
Booster seats provide more than
twice as much protection than a ve-
hicle seat belt. They help reduce risk
of injury to a child's internal organs,
head and back.
A booster seat positions the seat
belt so that it fits properly over the
stronger parts of a child's body. The
lap belt should lie snugly across the
lower hips and upper thighs and not
over the stomach area. The shoulder
belt should cross snugly over his/her
chest and rest midway between the
child's shoulder and neck.