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Parents need to know about these new car-seat rules going into effect
Washington state’s new and stricter car seat law for children starts Jan. 1 and will require kids to be buckled into booster seats until they’re older because of a new height requirement.
Backers said the goal of the new law is to improve safety and to align with recommendations made by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A total of 675 children who were 12 years old and younger died while nearly 116,000 were hurt in crashes nationally in 2017, the most recent data available from the CDC.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/parents-need-to-know-about-these-new-car-seat-rules-going-into-effect-jan-1/ar-BBYox1i