Buckle Up For Love
This Valentine’s Day, I want you to Buckle Up For Love and keep your most precious cargo safe. Being a car accident attorney and a devoted father, it breaks my heart to see kids injured or even killed in car wrecks because they weren’t properly secured. That’s why I want to remind parents about the child car seat and booster seat laws in Texas.
• From birth to at least 1-year-old or and at least 20 pounds, in the back seat in a rear-facing chair.
• From age 1 and 20 pounds to age 4 and 40 pounds, in the back seat in a forward-facing seat.
• From age 4 to age 8, in a back-seat booster chair.
• At age 8 and over 4-foot-9, all children age 12 and under should ride in the backseat with a seat belt.
For you and your kids, I’ve made some Valentines that work as a reminder to Buckle Up For Love. Print these out and the next time you go for a ride give everyone in the car a "buckle-up heart" to wear (that is of course, if they're buckled up).
