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Part 33
33.000 UNIFORM TRAFFIC CODE AMENDMENT: MANDATORY CHILD RESTRAINTS* Ord. No. 54 Adopted: April 25, 1983
---------- *Cross reference(s)--Uniform Traffic Code adoption, Pt. 30. ----------
An ordinance to amend the Uniform Traffic Code by adding
Section 5.82 and thereby mandate child restraint systems, provide
penalties for violations and provide exemptions.
THE CITY OF READING ORDAINS:
Section 5.82 be added to the Uniform Traffic Code to provide
as follows:
Section 5.82 Mandatory child restraints.
(1) Except as provided in this section, or as otherwise
provided by law, a rule promulgated pursuant to Act No.
306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being
sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled
Laws, or federal regulation, each driver transporting a
child in a motor vehicle shall properly secure each
child in a child restraint system as follows:
(a) Any child less than 1 year of age in a child
restraint system which meets the standards
prescribed in 49 C.F.R. 571.213.
(b) Any child 1 year of age or more but less than 4
years of age, when transported in the front seat,
in a child restraint system which meets the
standards prescribed in 49 C.F.R. 571.213.
(c) Any child 1 year of age or more but less than 4
years of age, when transported in the rear seat,
in a child restraint system which meets the
standards prescribed in 49 C.F.R. 571.213, unless
the child is secured by a safety belt provided in
the motor vehicle.
(2) This section does not apply to a nonresident driver
transporting a child in this state or to any child
being nursed.
(3) This section does not apply if the motor vehicle being
driven is a bus, school bus, taxicab, moped,
motorcycle, or other motor vehicle not required to be
equipped with safety belts under section 710b of the
Michigan Motor Vehicle Code or federal law or
regulations.
(4) A person who violates this section is responsible for a
civil infraction.
(5) Points shall not be assessed for a violation of this
section.
(6) The secretary of state may exempt by rules promulgated
pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as
amended, a class of children from the requirements of
this section, if the secretary of state determines that
the use of the child restraint system required under
subsection (1) is impractical because of physical
unfitness, a medical problem, or body size. The
secretary of state may specify alternate means of
protection for children exempted under this subsection.
This amendatory ordinance shall take effect on May 30, 1983, after publication pursuant to charter. |