Good News . . . Mostly

A new study by a hospital has shown that the use of belt-positioning booster seats lowers the risk of injury to children 4-8 years old by nearly 60 percent compared to the use of seat belts alone. Their bodies just aren't the right size for adult-oriented seat belts. (ok, please get your mind out of the gutter...)

This hospital's web site in PA is very thorough so if you have a child that's 4-8 years old then please consider this or don't say Hos didn't warn ya. Even if your state's laws say that they don't have to be in booster seats past a certain age/weight, it doesn't mean that one shouldn't do it. If further studies come out then states will probably get around to adopt this... after your children are having children that is.
http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=78547

Here's another site if you need help in properly installing any size car seat in your area. We did this one time and there were minor but still important things we were doing wrong that they corrected. Hitting a car at 60 MPH, you want that car seat to the as perfectly placed as possible. Just put in your zip code and you'll be good to go and it should be free or cheap.
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/Contacts/

Funny how I've changed. When the seatbelt laws came into effect years ago, I was totally against it for it's up to me if I want to be dumb and die or get maimed in a car wreak. I thought about calling the media and burning a pile of seatbelts... ;)
Children though, that's another story and they need to be taught by the parents about seatbelts, regardless of a state's position.