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Cindy Rubin

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Topics: Car Seats

Question 1 - When can my child move out of the booster car seat?

ANSWERS: a.) A lot of people don't seem to know; however, when I finally called the State Police this is what they said: 8 years old or 57 inches.

The "or" statement got me. I asked the State Police Officer what he would do if his son was 8 years old but only 53 inches? He said, he would keep his child in the booster seat until he was at least 57 inches.

--End of Question.

Further research showed: (as of 5/31/18)

"Chapter 3: Safety First also covers the Child Passenger Restraint Law in Massachusetts. Important points include:

Children must ride in federally approved child safety seats until they are at least 8 years old or over 57 in tall.
Children older than 8 years old or taller than 57 in tall must wear safety belts."

MsRubinChats' gentle comments:

1.) I believe it should read: "...a child 8 years old AND at least 57 inches tall must....not or.

Thoughts?

Resources: (All links open up in a new window, please look at the tabs to go back to this page.)

https://www.dmv.org/ma-massachusetts/safety-laws.php (dtd: 5/31/18)