Child safety seats and lap-and-shoulder belts effective in preventing serious injury
Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 14:21
in Health & Medicine
For young children, all states currently require the use of child safety seats, and the minimum age and weight requirements to graduate to seat belts has been increasing over time. A new study in the journal Economic Inquiry reveals that lap-and-shoulder seat belts perform as well as child safety seats in preventing serious injury. However, safety seats tend to be better at reducing less serious injuries.