North Dakota Seat Belt Law

• All front seat occupants must be properly buckled up regardless of age.
• All occupants younger than 18 must be properly restrained regardless of their location in a vehicle. 
• Children younger than 8 years of age are required to ride in a child restraint (car seat or booster seat).
• A correctly used seat belt may be substituted for children younger than 8 years of age who are at least 4'9" tall.

Seat belts protect you by:

• Keeping you safe inside your vehicle.
• Spreading the force of impact over a large area and the strongest part of the body.
• Allowing your body to slow down gradually, lessing the impact on internal organs.
• Preventing impact with the interior of the vehicle.
• Preventing collision with other occupants of the vehicle.
• Preventing trauma to the brain and spinal cord caused by sudden change in motion.

For the best protection, position your seat belt correctly:

• The shoulder belt should cross the center of your chest with no more than one inch of slack. Never tuck the shoulder belt under your arm. Wearing the harness the wrong way could cause serious internal injuries in a crash.
• Adjust the strap so it goes over the collarbone, not against the neck or face. Most vehicles have sliding height adjustments on the interior doorpost.
• The lap belt goes low across the hips - never across the stomach.
• Sit upright with your back against the seat and your feet on the floor.

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