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Jul 3rd, 2008
Jul 3rd, 2008
New Child Safety Law
Michigan’s govenor Jennifer Granholm recently passed a bill requiring children between ages four and eight who are less than four feet nine inches tall to use a booster seat. The bill was prompted into action after data was analyzed from the Partners for Child Passenger Safety.
- The risk for injury to the affected age group is reduced by 59 percent when using a car or booster seat.
- Children in seat belts alone are four times more likely to suffer head and/or brain injuries than those in booster seats.
- States that have passed similar laws have also found that child restraint use increases dramatically when it is required by law.
Currently the law states that children under the age of four are required to ride in an infant or child car seat. The new law in Michigan will go into effect on July 1, 2008.
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