AAA Hoosier Motor Club
July 2005 Issue
AAA Hoosier Motor Club e-Letter
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Child Passenger Safety NEW!

Indiana Child Restraint Law Overview–Effective July 1, 2005

  • Children are required to ride properly restrained in a child restraint, which can include a belt positioning booster seat, in all vehicle seating positions until they reach their eighth birthday. (This does not include shoulder belt positioners.)
  • If first time offenders of this violation bring a child safety seat or booster to court, the fine will be waived.
  • Fees collected from violations will be entered into a fund to purchase child restraints for low income families throughout Indiana.

Exemptions:

  • If all lap/shoulder seat belts are being used by other children, then a child over 40 pounds may ride in a lap only seat belt without a child restraint. (Booster seats cannot be safely used with a lap only seat belt.)
  • If a child is too large to reasonably fit in a booster seat according to manufacturer's instructions, the child may sit in a seat belt alone. (Boosters are currently available for children up to 100 lbs.)
  • Additional exemptions include vehicles such as a school bus, ambulance, public passenger bus, motorcycle and other emergency vehicles.
  • Children at least eight years old until their sixteenth birthday are required to ride properly restrained in a child restraint system or seat belt in all vehicle seating positions.

Indiana Passenger Law

  • Children sixteen and older (& adults) are required to ride properly restrained by a seat belt in the front seat in passenger vehicles.

Looking for tips on how to select the proper booster seat? Click here to view "Which Booster Seat Do I Need?" (PDF 452K)

AAA Hoosier Motor Club has Certified Child Safety Seat Technicians

They are available to check your child’s safety seat by appointment only at a AAA service center near you. Membership is not required for this service.

AAA Hoosier Motor Club Locations
Indianapolis Area Outside Indianapolis
Allisonville Road Bloomington
Avon Station Clarksville
Braeburn Village Kokomo
Carmel Lafayette
College Park Muncie
Greenwood Noblesville
Speedway Richmond
Terre Haute

More information is available from the Automotive home page.


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