
(c) the child is able to sit with his back straight against the vehicle seat back cushion with his knees bent over the vehicle's seat edge without slouching. (b) the shoulder belt crosses the center of the child's chest and not the neck and. (a) the lap belt fits across the child's thighs and hips and not across the abdomen. A child is properly secured by an adult safety seat belt if: A child at least eight years of age or at least fifty-seven inches tall may be restrained by an adult safety seat belt if the child can be secured properly by an adult safety seat belt. A booster seat must not be used with a lap belt alone. The belt-positioning booster seat must be used with both lap and shoulder belts. A child at least four years of age who has outgrown his forward-facing child passenger restraint system must be secured by a belt-positioning booster seat in a rear seat of the vehicle until he can meet the height and fit requirements for an adult safety seat belt as described in item (4). A child at least two years of age or a child under two years of age who has outgrown his rear-facing child passenger restraint system must be secured in a forward-facing child passenger restraint system with a harness in a rear passenger seat of the vehicle until the child exceeds the highest height or weight requirements of the forward-facing child passenger restraint system. An infant or child under two years of age must be properly secured in a rear-facing 0exceeds the height or weight limit allowed by the manufacturer of the child passenger restraint system being used. #Child restraint systems online driver#
(A) Every driver of a motor vehicle (passenger car, pickup truck, van, or recreational vehicle) operated on the highways and streets of this State when transporting a child under eight years of age upon the public streets and highways of the State must properly secure the child in the vehicle as follows:
Section 56-5-6410 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: