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39:3-76.2a
Child passenger restraint system; booster seat, use; failure to use not
contributory negligence; inadmissibility in evidence.
1.
Every person operating a motor vehicle, other than a school bus, equipped
with safety belts who is transporting a child under the age of eight years
and weighing less than 80 pounds on roadways, streets or highways of this
State, shall secure the child in a child passenger restraint system or
booster seat, as described in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number
213, in a rear seat. If there are no rear seats, the child shall be
secured in a child passenger restraint system or booster seat, as
described in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 213. In no
event shall failure to wear a child passenger restraint system or to use a
booster seat be considered as contributory negligence, nor shall the
failure to wear the child passenger restraint system be admissible as
evidence in the trial of any civil action.
L.1983,c.128,s.1; amended 2001, c.244, s.1.
39:3-76.2f
Seat belt usage requirements for persons ages 8-18; driver's
responsibility.
2. a. Except as provided in P.L.1983, c.128 (C.39:3-76.2a et al.)
for children under eight years of age and weighing less than 80 pounds,
all passengers under eight years of age and weighing more than 80 pounds,
and all passengers who are at least eight years of age but less than 18
years of age, and each driver and front seat passenger of a passenger
automobile operated on a street or highway in this State shall wear a
properly adjusted and fastened safety seat belt system as defined by
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 209.
b.
The driver of a passenger automobile shall secure or cause to be
secured in a properly adjusted and fastened safety seat belt system, as
defined by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 209, any passenger
who is at least eight years of age but less than 18 years of age.
For the purposes of the "Passenger Automobile Seat Belt Usage
Act," the term "passenger automobile" shall include vans,
pick-up trucks and utility vehicles.
L.1984,c.179,s.1;
amended 1999, c.422, s.1; 2001, c.244, s.2.
For
more information about Child Safety Seats visit the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration website at www.nhtsa.dot.gov
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