Uso obligatorio de cinturones y sistemas de seguridad infantil en vehículos

Explicación Simple

En Kentucky, los conductores deben asegurarse de que los niños pequeños viajen en asientos de seguridad. Si un niño mide menos de 40 pulgadas, debe usar un sistema especial para su seguridad en el auto.

Es como cuando usas un casco al andar en bicicleta. Así como el casco te protege, los asientos de seguridad protegen a los niños en el auto.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Ana lleva a su hijo Mateo, que mide 38 pulgadas, a la escuela. Ana debe asegurarse de que Mateo esté en su asiento de seguridad adecuado para que viaje seguro. Si no lo hace, podría enfrentarse a problemas con la ley.

Penalidades

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Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

189.125 Requirements of use of seat belts, child restraint systems, and child booster seats -- Exceptions. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, "motor vehicle" as used in this section means every vehicle designed to carry fifteen (15) or f ewer passengers and used for the transportation of persons, but the term does not include: (a) Motorcycles; (b) Motor-driven cycles; or (c) Farm trucks registered for agricultural use only and having a gross weight of one (1) ton or more. (2) A person shal l not sell any new motor vehicle in this state nor shall any person make application for registering a new motor vehicle in this state unless the front or forward seat or seats have adequate anchors or attachments secured to the floor and/or sides to the rear of the seat or seats to which seat belts may be secured. (3) (a) Any driver of a motor vehicle, when transporting a child of forty (40) inches in height or less in a motor vehicle operated on the roadways, streets, and highways of this state, shall have the child properly secured in a child restraint system of a type meeting federal motor vehicle safety standards. (b) Any driver of a motor vehicle, when transporting a child under the age of eight (8) years who is between forty (40) inches and fifty -seven (57) inches in height in a motor vehicle operated on the roadways, streets, and highways of this state, shall have the child properly secured in a child booster seat.