Important facts about Seatbelts and Child Restraints:

• The safest way to transport a child is in the back seat of a car.

• Children up to age four must ride in child safety seats, regardless of their weight.

• Four out of five child safety seats are installed incorrectly.

• Children from four to 14 years of age must wear seat belts, regardless of where they are seated in the vehicle.

• Children under the age of 14 are prohibited from riding in the back of pickup trucks.

• A driver can be stopped and issued a citation when a law enforcement officer observes an unrestrained child in his / her vehicle.

• Booster seats are recommended for children four years old up to eight years old or four feet, nine inches tall.

• Air bags, combined with lap and shoulder safety belts, offer the most effective safety protection available today for passenger vehicle occupants.

• All front seat passengers of motor vehicles designed to carry ten or less passengers must wear safety belts. This includes pickup trucks registered for 12,000 pounds and farm trucks registered for 16,000 pounds.

• Enforcement of the adult safety belt law is secondary. A law enforcement officer must cite a driver for another violation before citing him or her for failing to wear a safety belt.