The NYPD is cracking down on city parents who don’t buckle up their kids in car seats.
NYPD officers wrote 4,160 tickets for car-seat violations in the first 10 months of this year — or 14 per day, police said.
That represents a 55 percent increase over 2008, when police issued only nine violations per day.
Fines start at $50 for citations that range from not using any car seat to improper use of the devices.
The NYPD refused to provide a breakdown of the tickets or an explanation for the apparent blitz.
Earlier this month, a law went into effect increasing the top age of children who are required to use booster seats. The age went from 7 to 8.
(Source: NY Post)
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And wat are we supposed to do about carpool? Maybe nursery through fourth grade classrooms should have a shelf for clearly labeled booster seats for children to take from the “way there” car to the “way home car”? This is getting stupid already.
Good for the NYPD!!!