California

HIGHWAY SAFETY LAWS NEEDED IN CALIFORNIA:
Booster Seat Law Up To Age 8
GDL - Nighttime Restriction Provision
Repeat Offender Law

CURRENT HIGHWAY SAFETY LAWS:
Primary Enforcement Seat Belt Law
All-Rider Motorcycle Helmet Law
GDL - 6-Month Holding Period Provision
GDL - 30-50 Hours Supervised Driving Provision
GDL - Passenger Restriction Provision
Child Endangerment Law
High BAC Law
Mandatory BAC Test Law - Drivers Killed
Mandatory BAC Test Law - Drivers Who Survive
Open Container Law
Sobriety Checkpoints Law

*States are credited with having laws only if their laws meet Advocates’ optimal criteria

MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES IN CALIFORNIA IN THE YEAR 2004: 4,120

Booster Seats

Click here to view the Partners for Child Passenger Safety Study in Adobe Acrobat Format.

For more information about California Advocates, please contact Jaime Alvis, Advocates' Legislative Manager, at 202-408-1711, or Allan Lind, California Advocates' coalition coordinator, at 916-449-3942.

For more information on highway safety legislation in California go to www.assembly.ca.gov/acs or www.senate.ca.gov.