Each US state has its own car seat laws. Learn about your state car seat and booster seat laws, plus best practices to keep your baby or toddler safe.

85 children (under 13) were killed in Florida in passenger vehicles in 2022. Children ages 4 to 5, regardless of size, must be secured in a separate carrier, integrated child seat or booster seat.

A seat belt for grown-ups was uncomfortable for 5-year-old Erick Santiago, so he kept trying to take it off, his father said. At 4 feet tall and 72 pounds, Erick, who lives in Poinciana, was too bi… ...

Gainesville Republican Sen. Keith Perry is continuing his crusade to require children to be in a car seat or booster seat until the age of 7, raising the age now required by state law by one year.

Parents can’t drive away from a hospital without a car seat for their newborns, but once that child turns 4, Florida law requires no more than a seat belt. It’s the most lax car seat law in ...

The Florida Legislature says it has the answer, though some child advocates say the new law that takes effect on Jan. 1 doesn’t measure up to the rest of the nation or to recommendations of ...

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles says children ages 4 and 5 will soon be required to sit in a child safety seat or booster seat rather than only using a seatbelt.

"Some may scratch their head at this explanation, but believe it or not, if you are over the age of 18, you do not need to wear your seat belt in the back seat of a car," Trooper Steve said.

Florida is one of the only two states in the country that does not require children who've out-grown their safety seats to use booster seats, but that's about to change.