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Approaching the vehicle, authorities smelled alcohol coming from the car while also spotting five adults and three infants sitting inside. The three babies were being held in the arms of the women instead of strapped into a car seat. The male driver was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a suspended license. The female passengers were arrested for felony child endangerment. Bodycam footage of the arrest shows one mother, who is seen sitting on the ground while holding her baby, pleading with deputies to not take her child away. The woman is heard saying she...

A new car seat law in Washington could have some kids in boosters in middle school. The governor signed a new law updating car seat regulations. Booster seats would be necessary until children reach 4 feet 9 inches tall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um5gMZcZWm0

Hispanics and Blacks in this rural area do not put their children in car seats and law enforcement does little or nothing about it. When they have a wreck, the result is awful. Wonder if anyone else has made this observation in other parts of the country?

Federal safety bureaucrats want kids tied up and enclosed “for as long as possible” when traveling by automobile. The new child car-seat guidelines handed down Monday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) expand applicability of nanny-state suggestions to cover adolescents up to age 12. Although not binding, the NHTSA rules will be used to influence state lawmakers who impose booster and car-seat requirements on children up to 8 years old. In Nevada, penalties for noncompliance with seating dictates run as high as $500. That makes this big business, but not just for the ticket-writing industry. Manufacturers sold a...

CHICAGO — Children should ride in rear-facing car seats longer, until they are 2 years old instead of 1, according to updated advice from a medical group and a federal agency. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued separate but consistent new recommendations Monday.

PHILADELPHIA, (AP) -- Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta chided pop star Britney Spears as "irresponsible" for driving with her baby on her lap as he announced a new initiative Monday to improve child car-seat safety. "Recent photos of Britney Spears driving with her infant son on her lap are troubling. And while Ms. Spears has acknowledged her mistake, her actions still send the wrong message to millions of her fans," Mineta said at an event at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to mark the start of Child Passenger Safety Week. Photos published earlier this month showed Spears driving her sport-utility vehicle in...

Dodie Wheaton and her friend were driving into town for snow cones Sunday night when she saw the passenger door of an oncoming car open - and watched in horror as a toddler tumbled onto the road. "Stop! Baby!" she shouted to her friend, Paul Heter, who did as instructed, and Wheaton sprinted to the middle of Woody Seat Freeway to fetch the girl. The girl, 2-year-old Raven Schmidt, "had hit the ground hard," Wheaton said. Schmidt was responsive when emergency crews arrived shortly after 8:30 p.m., but was later taken by EagleMED helicopter from Hutchinson Hospital to Wesley Medical...