Britney Spears has prompted California legislators to introduce a bill
requiring parents to face their infants' car seats towards the back of the vehicle if they are under one year old.

 

Britney Spears started another car seat controversy earlier this week, when she was photographed with her eight-month-old son, Sean Preston, sitting in a forward-facing car seat.

According to California motor-vehicle code, babies who weigh 20 pounds (9 kilograms) or who are less than one year old should have their car seats facing backward.

Britney Spears' representatives insist that she did nothing wrong, since her son weighs over 20 pounds.

If passed, the new legislation would be called Britney's Law, in honor of the pop star.

Earlier this year, Britney Spears was photographed driving her SUV on the Pacific Coast Highway in Los Angeles with her infant son, Sean, perched on her lap rather than strapped into a car seat in the back.

The photos show Britney Spears holding the wheel of the car with one hand, and her 4-month-old baby with the other.

In a statement to People, Britney Spears said she did it because of a "horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi" and that "I was terrified that this time the physically aggressive paparazzi would put both me and my baby in danger. I instinctively took measures to get my baby and me out of harm’s way, but the paparazzi continued to stalk us. I love my child and would do anything to protect him."

Britney Spears later told Access Hollywood, "It's kind of like I made a mistake and so it is what is, I guess."

No charges were pressed.

Later that month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, speaking at an event at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to mark the start of Child Passenger Safety Week said, "Recent photos of Britney Spears driving with her infant son on her lap are troubling... and while Ms. Spears has acknowledged her mistake, her actions still send the wrong message to millions of her fans." 

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