In california what age do you have to be to sit in the front seat of your car?

Question

In california what age do you have to be to sit in the front seat of your car?

Answer 1

There is no law, just a suggestion. And the suggestion is 13yrs old and or 5FT tall.

Answer 2

Try this site it may help you.........

http://www.childseatcenter.com/article10...

Answer 3

California Vehicle Code at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisga...

says:

[see (c) (1) , about half way down. I put in the stuff above it cause it refers to it.

The California code does not otherwise address at what age one can sit in the front seat. If one is not required to sit in a car seat, one can legally sit anywhere in the vehicle.

If the car has air bags, and a warning for small children not to sit in the front seat, then don't sit your child there -- but no California law addresses this.]

27360.  (a) A parent or legal guardian, when present in a motor

vehicle, as defined in Section 27315, may not permit his or her child

or ward to be transported upon a highway in the motor vehicle

without properly securing the child or ward in a rear seat in a child

passenger restraint system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle

safety standards, unless the child or ward is one of the following:

   (1) Six years of age or older.

   (2) Sixty pounds or more.

   (b) (1) A driver may not transport on a highway a child in a motor

vehicle, as defined in Section 27315, without properly securing the

child in a rear seat in a child passenger restraint system meeting

applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards, unless the child

is one of the following:

   (A) Six years of age or older.

   (B) Sixty pounds or more.

   (2) This subdivision does not apply to a driver if the parent or

legal guardian of the child is also present in the vehicle and is not

the driver.

   (c) (1) For purposes of subdivisions (a) and (b), and except as

provided in paragraph (2), a child or ward under the age of six years

who weighs less than 60 pounds may ride in the front seat of a motor

vehicle, if properly secured in a child passenger restraint system

that meets applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards, under

any of the following circumstances:

   (A) There is no rear seat.

   (B) The rear seats are side-facing jump seats.

   (C) The rear seats are rear-facing seats.

   (D) The child passenger restraint system cannot be installed

properly in the rear seat.

   (E) All rear seats are already occupied by children under the age

of 12 years.

   (F) Medical reasons necessitate that the child or ward not ride in

the rear seat. The court may require satisfactory proof of the child'

s medical condition.

   (2) A child or ward may not ride in the front seat of a motor

vehicle with an active passenger airbag if the child or ward is one

of the following:

   (A) Under one year of age.

   (B) Less than 20 pounds.

   (C) Riding in a rear-facing child passenger restraint system.