On April 30, 2019, the New York State Police conducted a School Zone Occupant Safety Enforcement Detail in the town of Cortlandt in Westchester County as a part of our continuing mission to ensure highway safety for all users, even those whose safety is in the hands of others.
Twelve tickets were issued, six of which were for failure to wear a seatbelt, and four were for speeding.
Under New York State law:
- All front seat occupants must be properly secured, regardless of age.
- All rear seat passengers under 16 years of age must be properly secured;
- Children up to the age of 4 must be properly restrained in a federally approved child safety seat that is attached to a vehicle by a seat belt or universal child restraint anchorage (LATCH) system.
- Children less than age 4 but weighing more than 40 pounds may be restrained in a booster seat with a lap/shoulder safety belt. However, a child safety seat that accommodates higher weights can be used.
- Children ages 4, 5, 6 and 7 must be properly secured in an appropriate child restraint* system, one for which the child meets the height and weight recommendations of the child restraint manufacturer.
- A vehicle's safety belt is NOT a child restraint system.
- Children riding in booster seats must be secured with a combination lap/shoulder seat belt, NEVER secure a child in a booster seat with only a lap belt.
- * An appropriate child restraint system is one that meets the child's size and weight recommended by the manufacturer.
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