Here is a state by state summary:
http://www.highwaysafety.org/safety_facts/state_laws/restrain2.htm
This is the most pertinent exerpt:
2In California, children weighing more than 40 lbs. may be belted without a
booster seat if they are seated in the rear seat of a vehicle not equipped
with lap/shoulder belts. In Colorado, if a child 4-5 yrs. and less than 55"
is being transported in a vehicle equipped with a lap belt only, then the
child must be restrained with the lap belt. In Indiana, children weighing
more than 40lbs are permitted to be restrained by a lap belt if the vehicle
is not equipped with lap and shoulder belts or if all lap and shoulder belts
other than those in the front seat are being used to restrain other children
who are younger than 16. In Georgia and Oklahoma, children weighing more
than 40 lbs. are permitted to be restrained in the back seat of a vehicle by
a lap belt if the vehicle is not equipped with lap and shoulder belts or
when the lap and shoulder belts are being used by other children who weigh
more than 40 lbs.
David Riker
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----- Original Message -----
From "David Lieb" <dbl at chicagolandmgclub.com>
To: "Spridget List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Seatbelts
> > i'm not sure what happens when you take a 3 year old kid for a
> > ride in a bugeye that doesn't have belts? could they ticket ya
> > for no child seat? ..???????????
>
> Yes, they will. At least that is what a cop told me under purely
theoretical
> circumstances (I do not have a Bugeye). The laws requiring childseats (at
> least here in Illinois) are completely separate from the seatbelt laws and
> there is no grandfathering involved since no vehicles came with childseats
> at the time of the law. If you want to take a kid in the Bugeye, you will
> have to install a seatbelt to hold the childseat in order to be legal.
> David Lieb
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