Beginning September 1, New Jersey will begin enforcing a new set of car restraint laws. The most significant change to the law includes having all children under the age of 2 and 30 pounds secured in rear-facing car seats. The law also more specifically lays out the progression of moving from a car seat to a booster to a seatbelt.
The legislation includes these stages of carseat usage:
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A child under the age
of 2 years and weighing less than 30 pounds shall be secured in a rear-facing seat equipped with a
5-point harness.
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b.
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A child under the age
of 4 years and weighing less than 40 pounds shall be secured as described in (a) until they reach
the upper limits of the rear-facing seat, then in a forward-facing child
restraint equipped with a 5-point harness.
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A child under the age
of 8 and a height of 57 inches shall be secured as described in (a) or (b) until
they reach the upper limits of the rear-facing or forward-facing seat, then in a
belt positioning booster seat.
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A child over 8 years
of age or 57 inches in height must be properly secured by a seat belt.
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If there are no rear seats, the child shall be secured as
described above in the front seat except that no child shall be secured in a
rear-facing seat in the front seat of any vehicle that is equipped with an
active passenger-side airbag. The aforementioned is acceptable if the airbag is
de-activated.
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