2005 Senate Bill 183: Expand auto child seat mandates

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Introduced by Sen. Michelle McManus (R) on February 10, 2005, to require child safety booster seats for children between four- and nine-years old who are under 4-feet 9-inches tall and weigh less than 80 pounds.
- Referred to the Senate Transportation Committee on February 10, 2005.
  - Reported in the Senate on February 23, 2006, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

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1) Saving children's lives by Anonymous Citizen on May 14, 2005
Children under 57" tall are not big enough to properly fit in vehicle seat belts, read your vehilce owner's manual for proof. In a crash, a child riding in a seat belt will suffer abdominal injuries when the lap portion of the belt rides up into their abdomen and can cut all the way through to their spine causing spinal cord injury and paralysis. Many children put the shoudler protion of the belt behind them because it is uncomfortable. This means there is no restraint of their upper body in a crash which will lead to severe head injury when their upper body moves forward into whatever is in front of them, usually the back of the front seat. Simply using a booster seat with a lap and shoulder belt can prevent these injuries.
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2) purpose?? by sbrosious on February 16, 2005
Please explain the purpose of a booster seat and how that will improve safety over child using only a seat belt?

There are much more important issues to be addressing the congress than booster seats...how about keeping family units intact from the money hungry mongrels called CPS who are unnecessarily ripping children away from their only security blankets they've known since birth (called their parents) just so they can increase federal funding. The corruption in the child protective industry is a serious matter that needs to be addressed by the congress. So what is being done about it??
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3) 2005 Senate Bill 183 (Expand auto child seat mandates ) by admin on January 1, 2001
Introduced in the Senate on February 10, 2005

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