New Jersey Child Safety Seat Law:
Children up to 8 years, OR 80 pounds, must ride in a safety or booster seat in the rear seat of the vehicle. If there is no back seat, the child must sit in front secured by a safety or booster seat.
Step 1: Rear Facing Child Seats for children from birth to a least 20 pounds and at least one year of age.
Step 2: Forward Facing Child Seats for children over 20 pounds and at least one year old to about 40 pounds and about age 4.
Step 3: Belt-Positioning Booster Seats for children from about 40 pounds to about 80 pounds and 4'9".
Step 4: Seat Belts for older children large enough for the belt to fit correctly; at least 4'9" tall, and about 80 pounds.
Child Passenger Safety Facts
Injuries kill more children than all diseases combined. The leading cause of child injury death is motor vehicle crashes. The main reason for motor vehicle deaths is a failure to restrain children properly.
Child safety seats are highly effective in protecting infants and toddlers from serious injury or death.
The back seat usually is safer than the front, because frontal crashes are the most common.
Woodcliff Lake Police Child Passenger Safety Technicians
The Woodcliff Lake Police Department currently has six Child Passenger Safety Technicians available to conduct safety inspections on child safety seats. They will be able and available (by appointment) to consult with parents and any other persons who have safety seat questions, concerns, or problems. Please contact department secretary Nancy Flower at 201-391-8222 for an appointment. Or, you may contact any of the following officers to schedule an appointment if Mrs. Flower is not available:
Sergeant John Burns: 201-391-4977, Extension 514
Sergeant James Uhl: 201-391-4977, Extension 238
Sergeant Craig DeGeorge: 201-391-4977, Extension 516
PO Dennis DeAngelis: 201-391-4977, Extension 512
PO Sean Hammel: 201-391-4977, Extension 510
PO Kathy Powers: 201-391-4977, Extension 517