- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Georgia child passenger safety law (40-8-76)
- Creator:
- Georgia. Maternal and Child Health Division
Georgia. Governor's Office of Highway Safety - Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Public Health. Maternal and Child Health Section
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Public Health. Maternal and Child Health Section
- Date of Original:
- 2011-09
- Subject:
- Child car seats--Government policy--Georgia
Child restraint systems in automobiles--Government policy--Georgia
Traffic safety and children--Government policy--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- diagrams
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA P780.M3 M1 2011 P34
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bp780-pm3-bm1-b2011-bp34-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bp780-pm3-bm1-b2011-bp34-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
PARTMENT Georgia Child Passenger Safety Law (40-8-76)
DE TH
OF PU
BLIC HEAL
Less than 20 lbs
Under 1 yr
Rear-facing car seat
1-3 yrs
Rear-facing car seat
4-7 yrs
8-18 yrs
21-40 lbs
Rear-facing car seat
Rear or Forward-facing car seat r
Over 40 lbs Under 4' 9"
Forward-facing or Booster seat plus lap and shoulder belt
Booster seat plus lap and shoulder belt or seat belt
Over 4' 9"
Seat belt
See description of restraint type on other side.
Car Seat Recommendations
Choose a car seat based on your child's size (height & weight). Read your car seat instructions for use and installation information. Read the vehicle owner's manual on how to install the car seat
using the seat belt or LATCH system. Keep your child in the car seat as long as the child fits within the
height or weight limits. Keep your child in the back seat until age 13.
For questions or more information email injury@dhr.state.ga.us or call (404) 679-0500.
September 2011
A REAR-FACING CAR SEAT is the best seat for your young child to use. It has a harness and in a crash, cradles and moves with your child to reduce the stress to the child's fragile neck and spinal cord.
A FORWARDFACING CAR SEAT has a harness and tether that limits your child's forward movement during a crash.
A BOOSTER SEAT positions the seat belt so that it fits properly over the stronger parts of your child's body.
DESCRIPTION
OF RESTRAINT TYPES
A SEAT BELT should lie across the upper thighs and be snug across the shoulder and chest to restrain the child safely in a crash. It should not rest on the stomach area or across the neck.
Birth - 12 months *Age 1 - 3 years
Age 4 - 7 years
Age 8 - 12 years
Child under age 1 should always ride in a rear-facing car seat, in the back seat.
Rear-facing in back Forward-facing car Booster seat until seat
seat, as long as
seat used within the belt fits properly with
possible, within the height or weight limit lap belt snug across
height or weight allowed by the car seat the upper thighs,
limit allowed by car manufacturer. Then a not the stomach and
seat manufacturer. booster seat using lap shoulder belt snug
Then forward-
and shoulder seat belt across the chest, not
facing car seat in in the back seat.
across the neck or
back seat.
face. Keep children
*American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends a
in the back seat until
rear-facing car seat until 2 years of age or until they reach the age 13.
highest height or weight allowed by the car seat manufacturer.