Child Seats in Cars

I will be in Boston next month and will have my infant son along with me. He is almost 2 years old. Friends are picking us up at the airport. Could anyone tell us if we require by law to have a child seat in the car for him or if we can just buckle him into an ordinary seatbelt. In Ireland you are required to have an appropriate child seat fitted but obviously there are different rules in different places. We can bring a seat with us if necessary, but would rather not have to carry it with us if it isn%26#39;t needed.

Thanks

Child Seats in Cars

Hi Thegrant,

You can go to this site:

www.inventiveparent.com

It says that most of the states now have this mandatory law. The NHTSA recommends kids be in car seats up to 8 years, 80 pounds or up to 4%26#39; 9';. It talks about the car seat ';rearseating'; method when they%26#39;re under a certain age. I don%26#39;t have kids, but I remember when my nieces and nephews were young it was drilled in all of our heads by their parents to use car seats and seat belts no matter what. Do you know what%26#39;s funny? When one of my nieces went for her license, years later? They were ready to pull away from the curb and my niece wouldn%26#39;t turn that key until the State Trooper buckled up!

So yes definitely bring that seat with you, the flight attendants will help you with it, they%26#39;ll stow it away in a compartment for you.

Child Seats in Cars

I found it...

Here%26#39;s the law in MASS clear as a bell, definitely bring that carseat!

http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/90-7aa.htm

NoMo01 - thanks a lot for that. Will make sure we bring the seat. It would be a bad job if the first thing we did in Boston was get pulled up for a traffic violation