{"id":160,"date":"2012-02-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/children-injured-in-car-accidents-while-carpooling\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:11:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:11:13","slug":"children-injured-in-car-accidents-while-carpooling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/children-injured-in-car-accidents-while-carpooling\/","title":{"rendered":"Children Injured in Car Accidents While Carpooling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/auto-accident\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Auto Accident<\/a> | February 3, 2012<\/p>\n<p>Safety measures that parents insist upon for their own children may be ignored when carpooling responsibilities place multiple children in the vehicle. Research has shown that parents are more likely to expose children to injury in a car accident if they are carpooling. Properly securing more than one child in a vehicle can be time-consuming, or even impossible, depending on the vehicle. If you are driving other children, or if you are letting your children ride with another parent, it is important to make sure that all precautions are taken to protect those children from harm.<\/p>\n<p>Infants and toddlers suffer a much higher rate of fatal injury in car accidents when they are not properly placed in child safety seats. Older children who are too big for car seats but too small for regular seat belts need booster seats to prevent them from sliding under the seat belt or suffering head or neck injuries from the belt itself. Most states have laws requiring such booster seats, but they are still underused in most places. All children less than 4 feet 9 inches tall need a booster seat to ride safely in a car. All children under the age of 13 should be placed in the back seat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/children-injured-in-car-accidents-while-carpooling\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Children Injured in Car Accidents While Carpooling\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Auto Accident | February 3, 2012 Safety measures that parents insist upon for their own children may be ignored when carpooling responsibilities place multiple children in the vehicle. Research has shown that parents are more likely to expose children to injury in a car accident if they are carpooling. 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