New law requires 4- and 5-year-olds to be placed in safety or booster seat

Posted on December 26, 2014

In 2013, five children were killed and 150 injured in Florida traffic crashes as a result of improper or no child restraint use. To date, five children have been killed and 145 injured for the same reason.

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is reminding parents and guardians with young children of an upcoming change in the Florida Child Restraint Law.  Beginning Jan. 1, children ages 4 and 5 will be required to sit in a child safety seat or a booster seat rather than only being buckled in a seatbelt.

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