The Maryland site is under construction. I will continue to work on this for you. If you have any information, please contact me . Children should ride in a vehicle's rear seat. If a vehicle does not have a rear seat, children riding in the front seat should be positioned as far back as possible from an air bag.
Drivers are responsible for securing children into a child car safety seat.
C. A violation of this section shall not constitute negligence, be considered in mitigation of damages of whatever nature, be admissible in evidence or be the subject of comment by counsel in any action for the recovery of damages in a civil action. E. A violation of this section may be charged on the uniform traffic summons form. F. Nothing in this section shall apply to taxicabs, school buses, executive sedans, limousines, or the rear cargo area of pickup trucks or other vehicles. Whenever any physician licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth or any other state determines, through accepted medical procedures, that use of a child restraint system by a particular child would be impractical by reason of the child's weight, physical unfitness, or other medical reason, the child shall be exempt from the provisions of this article. Any person transporting a child so exempted shall carry on his or her person or in the vehicle a signed written statement of the physician identifying the child so exempted and stating the grounds therefor.