how to properly install a child safety seat
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Installing Child Safety Seats If you want to install your child safety seat with a seat belt, read your vehicle owner's manual to learn how to lock your seat belts for use with a child safety seat. Some vehicle seat belts require you to pull the shoulder belt webbing completely out and then let it wind back up in order to properly install a CSS.
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- All children younger than 8 years old, unless taller than 4’9”, are required to be in the. appropriate child safety seat system wherever they ride in a passenger vehicle. The safety. seat system MUST be installed according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
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- Mounting the bike is simple. You can swing your leg over the rear of the bike as you would do normally. You can then lean over to pick your child up and to place them into the seat. If the child is too small to stand up on their own, securely lean your bike against a wall, and put your child in the seat before mounting. First attach the bracket to your seat post .This is done by simply tightening 4 bolts with an Allen key. 2  Then you drop the seat into the seat tube and close the seat bolt. 3  You can drop the handlebars into the frame and adjust the tightening bolt.
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- To install this type of seat using the seatbelt system, follow these basic steps. Check your seat maker's instructions as well. 1  Secure the car-seat base in the backseat of your vehicle, then thread the seatbelt through the rear-facing belt path. 2  Buckle and lock the seatbelt.
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- Safety Tips for Child Passengers. 1  Make sure your child is in the proper seat for her age, weight and height. 2  Have children ride in the backseat of the car until they are at least 13 years old. 3  Before installing a child safety seat, read the instructions and your owner’s manual.
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- Fitting Your Child Correctly in the Car Seat. 1  Place your child in the car seat with the child's back flat against the car seat. 2  Place harness straps over the child’s shoulders. Harness straps should lie flat, not twisted, and be placed through the slots located at or below your child’s shoulders.
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Harness or Booster: When to Make the Switch! The Bottom Line. Before moving to a booster seat, your child should be: 1  At least 5 years old. 2  Meet the weight and height minimums for the booster seat you’re considering. 3  Responsible enough to sit properly 100% of the time, even while asleep.hat means the decision to move from harness to booster is rooted in the child’s maturity. The ability to sit correctly for the entire ride, 100% of the time, happens somewhere past age 5 for most kids, and not until 6 or 7 for a many others. Booster training in the Graco TurboBooster with Safety Surround.
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Car Seats: Information for Families When driving with children, always use the appropriate. car seat or seat belt. To learn more or locate a certified child safety technician, visit NHTSA.gov. Common car seat mistakes and how to avoid them. More than 70 percent of car seats are not installed properly.
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- 1 For both rear-and forward-facing child safety seats, use either the car’s seat belt or the LATCH system to lock the car seat in place. 2  Don’t use both at the same time. 3  Toys can injure your child in a crash so be extra careful to choose ones that are soft and will not hurt your kid.
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- To make sure your child's car seat is properly secured 1  : Visit a Child Safety Seat Inspection Station in your area. 2  Use the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) as a resource for information and instruction on all types of car seats.
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Car Seat Installation: How to Properly Install a Child Safety Seat Here's how to identify and avoid these problems. 1  Loose Installation. After carefully following the instruction manual, a one-handed tug on the belt path should not move the car seat or base of the infant seat more than one inch side-to-side or front-to-back, says Pinkerton. 2  Loose Harness Straps.
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- Using A Belt-Positioning Booster Seat Correctly. 1  Place the booster seat flat on the vehicle seat. 2  Sit the child on the booster seat, place the lap and shoulder belt over the child and buckle the safety belt.  Adjust the lap belt so it lies snugly across child’s upper thighs, not across the tummy.
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Choosing a baby car seat Using a baby or child car seat. 1  Make sure you always put your baby into their car seat from the pavement side of the car. 2  Make sure your baby is securely strapped in according to the manufacturer's instructions. When you buy your car seat, ask the retail staff to demonstrate how to strap your baby into it.
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Stage 3 - Moving to a booster seat The booster seat should allow the vehicle lap/sash seat belt to sit against the child’s body, not be held out from it. Making the move to a booster seat depends on your child’s height and weight, not their age. Put the booster seat in the back seat of the vehicle. The back seat is still the safest place for your child. Use a booster seat with a combined adult lap and sash safety belt.
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Child safety seat Infant seats - Child safety seats made specifically for infants are the smallest and have carrying handles for easy carrying and loading. Newborns are most often placed in a rear-facing seat. These seats are designed for infants is up to 22 pounds (10.0 kg) to 32 pounds (15 kg), depending on the model.
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Stage 3: booster seats Important tips. 1  Always consult your vehicle owner’s manual and booster seat user guide prior to installation. 2  Always use a lap belt and a shoulder belt with a booster seat. 3  Always buckle up an empty booster seat (or take it out of your vehicle) so it doesn’t become a projectile that could hurt someone in a crash or sudden stop.
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Car Seat Installation: How to Properly Install a Child Safety Seat While you may think you completed your child's car seat installation correctly, there's a good chance that it's not quite right. In fact, a 2014 study from Safe Kids Worldwide found that more than 70 percent of child restraints were being used the wrong way.
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Child Passenger Safety Requirements Driver Services Never install a rear-facing safety seat in front of an active airbag. Rear-facing safety seats should recline 30-45 degrees. The child’s head must be at least 1 inch below the top of the safety seat when rear-facing. Use the harness straps/slots at or below shoulder level when rear-facing. Harness straps must be snug on the child; the harness clip should be at armpit level.
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Child Passenger Safety Children no longer need to use a booster seat once seat belts fit them properly. Seat belts fit properly when the lap belt lays across the upper thighs (not the stomach) and the shoulder belt lays across the chest (not the neck). For the best possible protection keep children properly buckled in the back seat.
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Booster Seats for School-Aged Children When using a booster seat, always read the vehicle owner's manual and the car seat manual before installing the seat. Booster seats often have a plastic clip or guide to correctly position vehicle lap and shoulder belts. See the booster seat instruction booklet for directions on how to use the clip or guide.
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- How to secure your child's seatbelt: 1  Read the entire booster seat manual. 2  Make sure the lap belt is low and tight across your child's hips. 3  The shoulder belt should lay flat and snug across your child's shoulder, staying clear of the neck and face.  Shoulder and lap belts should always lie flat, never twisted.
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- Answer: Texas law does not specify where in the vehicle a child is required to ride BUT the law does require that all child safety seat systems must be used according to the owner s manuals. ALL rear-facing seats are prohibited from being used on the front seat of the vehicle if there is a passenger air bag.The only way the rear-facing safety seat can be legally and properly installed on the front seat of a single-cab vehicle is to manually turn the air bag to the off position.nswer: Texas law does not specify where in the vehicle a child is required to ride BUT the law does require that all child safety seat systems must be used according to the owner s manuals. ALL rear-facing seats are prohibited from being used on the front seat of the vehicle if there is a passenger air bag.
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Child Passenger Safety Requirements Driver Services Child Passenger Safety Tips. 1  Keep children in rear-facing safety seats as long as possible. 2  Keep children in the back seat at least through age 12. 3  Never place a rear-facing safety seat in front of an active airbag. 4  A used safety seat may not be safe unless you know the history of the seat and all labels, parts and instructions are present.
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Stage 3 - Moving to a booster seat The booster seat should allow the vehicle lap/sash seat belt to sit against the child’s body, not be held out from it. Making the move to a booster seat depends on your child’s height and weight, not their age. Put the booster seat in the back seat of the vehicle. The back seat is still the safest place for your child. Use a booster seat with a combined adult lap and sash safety belt. Your child is not safe with an adult lap belt only. You can also use a child safety harness with some booster seats, or with the child sitting on the vehicle seat. A child safety harness is designed to provide whole body protection for a small person.