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Starting next month, Colorado’s law changes for how kids have to be buckled up inside a car. The law now requires kids up to eight years old to be buckled in using a child’s booster seat. Previously, Colorado’s law only requires kids up to six years old to use a booster seat.
Although the new law doesn’t give height or weight guidelines, local health educators feel it’s a good safety measure. They say seat belts are designed for adults, and booster seats make the drive much safer for younger kids.
“The purpose of a booster seat is to boost the child up and so it will allow the seat belt to fit them correctly. It’s a belt positioning booster is what it is. It allows the belt to fit them,” said Erin Rohr, a Mesa County health educator.
90% of car seats are misused, and Mesa County is holding an event to try and decrease that number. They’re calling it the Booster Seat Blitz. You can stop by the Mesa County Health Department any time between 8:30 in the morning until noon on August 13th for free car seat checks.
There will also be a limited number of booster seats for sale for $10 each.
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The article comments that the new law doesn’t give height guidelines. That is an incorrect statement. If you review the law it recommends that a child remain in a booster until age 8 AND 55-57 inches. This height recommendation has also been recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.