#booster-seats

#booster-seats

That won't change under the law Newsom signed. But beginning in 2027, children from 8 to 16 years old will have to pass a five-step test to be considered properly restrained by a seat belt under California law. If the driver of a vehicle can't answer "yes" to all of these five questions about their seat-belted child passenger, the driver could get a ticket and fines of $490. Does the child sit all the way back against the seat? Do the child's knees bend comfortably at the edge of the seat? Does the belt cross the shoulder between the neck and arm, resting on the collarbone? Is the lap belt as low as possible, touching the thighs? Can the child stay seated like this for the whole trip?

But beginning in 2027, children from 8 to 16 years old will have to pass a five-step test to be considered properly restrained by a seat belt under California law. If the driver of a vehicle can't answer yes to all of these five questions about their seat-belted child passenger, the driver could get a ticket and fines of $490.