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AL: Advocates Asks Senate Leaders to Consider Changes to Improve Child Passenger Safety Bill

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Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for children in the United States. An average of over three children under age 14 were killed and about 445 were injured every day in traffic crashes in 2021 – amounting…

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Letter in Support of Assembly Bill (AB) 118 to Strengthen Nevada’s Child Occupant Protection Statute

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On May 13, 2021 Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) sent a letter to the Nevada state Senate in support of Assembly Bill (AB) 118.  The measure would require that children remain rear facing in a child safety seat until age two or older and would add a minimum height requirement for children younger than age six to attain before they transition from use of a booster seat to a seat belt.

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Letter in Support of Senate Bill (SB) 380 to strengthen Florida’s Child Occupant Protection Statute

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On February 10, 2021, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) and KidsAndCars.org sent a letter to the Florida Senate Committee on Transportation in support of Senate bill (SB) 380.  This measure requires children to remain in a booster seat until at least age six.  The letter also urged the Committee to further upgrade the law by extending the age requirement in the bill to eight and adding a height requirement of 57 inches before permitting a child to transition to the use of a seat belt in a rear seat. 

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Statement on House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee Staff Report on Booster Seat Safety

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 10, 2020 CONTACT: Pete Daniels / pdaniels@saferoads.org / 301-442-2249 (C) Statement of Cathy Chase, President of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, On New Booster Seat Safety Report   Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates)…

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