How will the Pennsylvania booster seat law affect out-of-state travelers?
My son and his family live in Virginia. Under Virginia law, my 6-year-old grandson no longer has to be placed in a booster seat when secured with a seat belt. If for some reason my son is pulled over by the Pennsylvania State Police and he notices my grandson not secured in a booster seat, will my son be cited? Or will the state trooper, seeing my son’s Virginia license, honor Virginia law and not issue him a citation? JOHN S. STEVENSON West Homestead A:This isn’t the answer I expected to give on this one, John, but I suggest you buy your son a booster seat so he can travel through Pennsylvania to West Homestead without looking over his shoulder. “Pennsylvania law would apply to in-state and out-of-state travelers alike. All drivers are subject to the motor vehicle laws in the state in which they are driving, regardless of the state from which they have received their license, and they should seek to obey them,” said Eileen Flinn, assistant general counsel in the Governor’s Office of G
