Safety belts and safety seats required; notification

  1. Law
  2. US Virgin Islands Code
  3. Highways and Motor Vehicles
  4. Motor Vehicles
  5. Regulation of Car Rental Business
  6. Safety belts and safety seats required; notification

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  • (a) Every licensee shall notify operators of the provisions of section 466 of this title by attaching a sign to the dashboard of each drive-yourself car which shall read:

    • “VIRGIN ISLANDS LAW REQUIRES SAFETY BELTS TO BE WORN BY ALL PERSONS IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THIS VEHICLE, AND SAFETY SEATS TO BE USED BY ALL PASSENGERS UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE”.

  • (b) Every licensee shall provide any operator with a passenger under five years of age with a specially designed seat which meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. 571.243. An additional rental and deposit may be required for the safety seat. In the case of a child aged three through five, seat belts may be substituted but the child must ride in the rear seat of the vehicle.


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