I'm pleased to present the fall 2005 online edition of Perspective, PEMCO's customer newsletter. Thank you for requesting it. I believe you'll find this e-mail version useful and convenient. Feel free to share Perspective with your friends, and watch for the winter issue coming out in January. As always, I welcome your feedback on Perspective. Simply send your comments to perspective@pemco.com.

Jon Osterberg
Perspective editor

Questions you asked us

Sometimes, I pick up my grandchildren from school. What does the new booster-seat law require?

In the 2005 legislative session, lawmakers tightened Washington’s already-stringent requirements for child car restraints, extending the use of booster seats by two years and 20 pounds. Now, children must use a booster seat until they reach age 8 or 80 pounds (unless they’re 4 feet 9 inches or taller). Drivers who don’t properly restrain children face the possibility of a $101 ticket per child.

The new law also requires that children under 13 must ride in the back seat when practical.