Walk It Through: The Car Seat
Younger than eight unless taller than four feet nine, the full car exception, and the fine.
A parent drives a kindergartner to school, and the child is shorter than four feet, nine inches.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One family's school run. Vehicles for hire, contracted Medicaid transport, and the federal crash test standards are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.