Coverage gaps in child-restraint and seat-belt laws affecting children.
Although most U.S. states have enacted mandatory-seat-belt-use laws and all states have child-restraint laws requiring children under specified ages to be properly restrained in vehicles, some children are covered by neither law. Other children are covered only by belt-use laws that do not make any adult responsible for their compliance. This note analyzes the child-restraint and belt-use laws in each state and demonstrates the deficiencies in coverage as they apply to children younger than age 16.
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, VA 22201.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001336:Automobiles / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D011482:Protective Devices; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States