§ 1229-c. Operation of vehicles with safety seats and safety belts.\n1. No person shall operate a motor vehicle in this state unless: (a) all\nback seat passengers of such vehicle under the age of four are\nrestrained in a specially designed seat which meets the Federal Motor\nVehicle Safety Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. 571.213 and which is\neither permanently affixed or is affixed to such vehicle by a safety\nbelt and which shall be rear-facing whenever the passenger being\nrestrained in such seat is under the age of two except that in the event\nthat the weight or height of such passenger under the age of two exceeds\nthe occupant size and weight recommendations of the manufacturer of such\nrear-facing seat, such seat may be forward-facing; provided, however,\nthat in the event that the weight of such passenger under the age of\nfour exceeds forty pounds, such passenger may be restrained (i) in an\nappropriate child restraint system as defined in subdivision four of\nthis section used with combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts\nor (ii) by a lap safety belt in the event such vehicle is not equipped\nwith combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts or all the\ncombination lap safety and shoulder harness belts are being used to\nproperly restrain other passengers who are under the age of sixteen; (b)\nall back seat passengers of such vehicle who are age four or older but\nunder age eight (i) are restrained in an appropriate child restraint\nsystem as defined in subdivision four of this section used with\ncombination lap and shoulder harness belts or (ii) are restrained in a\nlap safety belt in the event such vehicle is not equipped with\ncombination lap safety and shoulder harness belts or all the combination\nlap safety and shoulder harness belts are being used to properly\nrestrain other passengers who are under the age of sixteen; or (c) in\nthe case of any other back seat passenger under the age of sixteen, he\nor she is restrained by a safety belt approved by the commissioner.\n 2. No person shall operate a motor vehicle unless all front seat\npassengers (a) under the age of sixteen are restrained by a safety belt;\nor (b) if they are under the age of four, by a specially designed seat\nwhich is either permanently affixed or affixed to such vehicle by a\nsafety belt as required by subdivision one of this section, or in the\nevent that the weight of such passenger under the age of four exceeds\nforty pounds, such passenger may be restrained (i) in an appropriate\nchild restraint system as defined in subdivision four of this section\nused with combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts or (ii) by a\nlap safety belt in the event such vehicle is not equipped with\ncombination lap safety and shoulder harness belts or all the combination\nlap safety and shoulder harness belts are being used to properly\nrestrain other passengers who are under the age of sixteen; or (c) if\nthey are age four or older but under age eight, (i) are restrained in an\nappropriate child restraint system as defined in subdivision four of\nthis section used with combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts\nor (ii) are restrained in a lap safety belt in the event such vehicle is\nnot equipped with combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts or\nall the combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts are being used\nto properly restrain other passengers who are under the age of sixteen.\n 3. No person shall operate a motor vehicle unless such person is\nrestrained by a safety belt approved by the commissioner. No person\nsixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in a motor vehicle\nunless such person is restrained by a safety belt approved by the\ncommissioner.\n 3-a. Except as otherwise provided for passengers under the age of\nfour, it shall be a violation of this section if a person is seated in a\nseating position equipped with both a lap safety belt and a shoulder\nharness belt and such person is n
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