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New automobile seat legal guidelines to take impact in April: What to know

By Editorial Board Published March 12, 2025 2 Min Read
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New automobile seat legal guidelines to take impact in April: What to know

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Final 12 months, the governor signed two payments that up to date little one passenger security legal guidelines in Michigan. These new rules are set to enter impact on April 2—here is what that you must know.

The brand new legal guidelines state that youngsters have to be secured in a automobile seat that’s acceptable for his or her weight and top, in keeping with the automobile seat producer’s directions.

Toddler – 2 years — Should be in a rear-facing automobile seat till they attain the utmost weight or top allowed by the automobile seat’s producer.

2 – 5 years — Can sit in a forward-facing automobile seat till they attain the utmost weight or top allowed by the automobile seat’s producer

5 – 8 years — Should sit in a belt-positioning booster seat with a lap and shoulder belt till they’re 4’9″ tall

Below 13 years — Should journey within the backseat of a car if there may be one accessible

How to decide on the precise automobile seat (Michigan State Police)

State legal guidelines require youngsters youthful than 4 to journey in a automobile seat within the again seat if attainable. If the car doesn’t have a again seat or if all of the accessible rear seats are additionally occupied by youngsters beneath 4, a baby beneath 4 can journey in a automobile seat within the entrance seat—if the airbag is turned off.

The state says that you may scale back the danger of dying in a crash by 50% by ensuring your youngsters are correctly restrained within the acceptable automobile seat, booster seat, or seat belt for his or her age and measurement.

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