car seats

[scojos]

can anyone clarify age/weight for car seats in the us please?
our dd is 7 but v tall and "big"(not fat, def not fat, but solid muscle due to her skating and not petite and small boned if you know what i mean)
what are the regs, is it height/weight/age??
if am reluctant to take a booster as she hasnt had one in this country for the last 18months, but if we need to then we will....
thanks
tracy

 

[scottish mum]

I'm sure the legal age is once you are over 4 you don't need to be in a booster seat. If your daughter is big and doesn't use a seat here then she should be ok over there. My ds was 8 last time we went and he is also very tall and we never used a booster for him over there

 

[scojos]

thanks, that helps, i dont want to get pulled over

 

[DjdBrit]

http://sheriff.org/safety/carseat.cfm

Here is a link I found for Broward County, Florida. It says:

Children from approximately 40-80 pounds and under 4'9" in height should ride in a booster seat.

Not sure how tall or how much your daughhter weighs, hope this is useful.

 

[scojos]

http://sheriff.org/safety/carseat.cfm

Here is a link I found for Broward County, Florida. It says:

Children from approximately 40-80 pounds and under 4'9" in height should ride in a booster seat.

Not sure how tall or how much your daughhter weighs, hope this is useful.

i will measure her tomorrow as just put her to bed, but thanks for the official guidelines, i do feel better for knowing
tracy

 

[howlongtillsummer?]

I am going to take a very old one I have and leave it there. I took it last time meaning to leave it and got it home again - before the tighter luggage limits.

 

[DjdBrit]

i will measure her tomorrow as just put her to bed, but thanks for the official guidelines, i do feel better for knowing
tracy

Its a hard thing to judge especially when every state has different rules. And its different again in England. I always feel like I am the only person bringing carseats when I travel home to the UK, it makes me crazy but what can you do. Hope you have a great trip!

 

[pandv_2000]

I picked up a cheap styrofoam one from Argos for about £5 and just left it there and will probably do the same in October. I'll have to take a "proper" carseat for the baby though.

 

[Sazuburns]

At home both my boys are always in high backed boosters in my car as neither is 150cm yet. (The legal minimum of 135cm is a UK cop-out - in most of the rest of the EU it's 150cm). However, when my kids go out with other people, my oldest (10) doesn't always go on a booster. He is 147cm, so technically in the UK he doesn't need it. My younger son (8) is not yet 135cm, so when out with other people he does use a booster. I will be bringing a booster cushion to the US for my younger son, and also a proper car seat for our toddler.

 

[Ask Arnie]

Hi,

the info we have from our suppliers is that children up to and including the age of 6 need to be restrained in a child / booster seat.

Hope that helps,

Arnie