Seat Belt Laws

Pennsylvania Title 75, the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, Section 4581, requires that any person who is operating a passenger car, class I truck, class II truck, classic motor vehicle, antique motor vehicle or motor home and who transports a child under 4 years of age anywhere in the motor vehicle, including the cargo area, shall fasten such child securely in a child passenger restraint system. This subsection shall apply to all persons while they are operators of motor vehicles where a seating position is available which is equipped with a seat safety belt or other means to secure the systems or where the seating position was originally equipped with seat safety belts.
 
Any person who is operating a passenger car, class I truck, class II truck, classic motor vehicle, antique motor vehicle or motor home and who transports a child 4 years of age or older but under 8 years of age anywhere in the motor vehicle, including the cargo area, shall fasten such child securily in a fastened safety seat belt system and in an appropriately fitting child booster seat.
 

Except for children under 8 years of age, each driver and front seat occupant of a passenger car, class I truck, class II truck or motor home operated in this Commonwealth shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety seatbelt

 

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