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Most seat belt laws in the United States are left to state law. However, the recommended age for a child to sit in the front passenger seat is 13. The first seat belt law was a federal law, Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Safety Standard, which took effect on January 1, 1968, that required all vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all designated seating ...
Washington enacted a right to sit law for women workers in 1890. The law was amended in 1911. [151] The law required that "every employer in establishments where females are employed shall provide suitable seats for them and permit their use". [59] Washington's law was repealed in 1973. [40]
49 states, the District of Columbia and the five inhabited territories have passed laws requiring seat belt use by at least all occupants of the front seat. New Hampshire is the only state with no such requirement for adults (anyone under eighteen must use a seat belt). Some states also require rear seat occupants to wear seat belts.
Georgia:Georgia car seat laws state that all children younger than 8 years old and shorter than 57 inches in height cannot sit in the front of a vehicle due to the threat an airbag poses to their ...
Car and booster seat safety laws by state. If you’re looking for ways to keep your family safe in the car, remember that enforcing seat belt use is one of the best ways to do that. Each state ...
The laws are part of a new set of traffic safety laws passed by the legislature this year. One was written to protect backseat passengers from serious injury or death in a crash, the other to make ...
49 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws requiring seat belt use by at least all occupants of the front seat. New Hampshire is the only state with no such requirement for adults (anyone under eighteen must use a seat belt).
Numerous other public laws were passed involving child safety with seat belts, bike helmets, car seats, alcohol consumption, tobacco/vaping, lawn darts, curtain/shades/blind cords, red dye #3 ...