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Parents must use car safety seats for all children under age eight and less than four-feet-nine-inches tall in West Virginia starting July 6th.
Current law allows children age four and older to wear seat belts if they weigh more than 40 pounds.
The law has changed.
The law passed this year by the West Virginia legislature is a safety measure.
Seat belts are made for adults and can cut across children's necks instead of their chests.
When young children have outgrown their car seats with internal harnesses, then it's time for a booster seat, which raises children up so that the vehicle's lap and shoulder belt fits correctly.
Research shows that fatalities and injuries decrease if children are in safety seats.
Drivers can be pulled over if young children are not properly restrained. The drivers could then face fines.
To find out what kind of seat your child needs click BoosterSeat.gov
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