- All children, of any age or size, must be properly restrained when riding in a motor vehicle.
- Children 12 years and younger should ride in the back seat.
- Infants and toddlers should ride in rear-facing car seats until at least until age 2.
- Toddlers and young children who have outgrown the rear-facing weight or height limit for their seats should ride in forward-facing car seats with harnesses as long as possible.
- School age children who have outgrown their car seats with harnesses should ride in booster seats until the adult seat belt fits properly, usually between 8 and 12 years of age. This means that the lap belt fits low across the upper thighs and the shoulder belt crosses the middle of the chest and shoulder.