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1 paź 2022 · Maryland’s network of child passenger safety partners can help you learn how to ensure a child’s safety while in a vehicle. Learn the facts about child passenger safety, myths about car seats, knowing when to move to or from booster seats and how to protect children.
30 mar 2023 · Maryland’s child safety law requires that all children under the age of 8 be properly secured in an appropriate child safety seat while riding in any motor vehicle unless they’re 4’9″ or taller. Additionally, children who are 2 years old or younger must be in rear-facing seats.
23 wrz 2020 · Car seat laws in Maryland require all children younger than 8 years old to use the appropriate child restraint system based on the child’s age, weight and height. Booster seat laws are included in the car seat rules because booster seats are also federally-approved child restraint systems.
1 paź 2022 · The new law goes into effect on October 1, 2022, and states that children must be kept rear-facing until at least two years of age, unless the child meets or exceeds the height and weight on the seat’s guidelines. Having a seat that properly fits the child is also another important consideration.
15 wrz 2022 · Officials also highlighted a new Maryland law that requires children to remain in a rear-facing child safety seat until at least age 2 unless the child reaches the manufacturer’s height and weight limit for the car seat.
10 maj 2023 · Maryland’s Child Passenger Safety Law. Under Maryland law, you must secure any children that you are driving in a passenger vehicle (like a Class A vehicle), a truck (like a Class E vehicle) or a multipurpose vehicle (like a Class M vehicle).
As of October 1, 2022, children must face the rear of the vehicle in their car seat until they are AT LEAST AGE TWO, or until they reach the rear-facing weight limit of their convertible car seat.
