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Child Passenger Safety Tips
Child Passenger Safety 101: The Basics
Buckle-Up Basics
The correct use of a child restraint on every trip can prevent 75 per cent of crash-related deaths and serious injuries to child passengers. However, roadside checks find only 51.6 percent of children buckled up at all. During 2002, Buckle Up Bears clinics found that less than 20 percent of all car seats checked were correctly installed.
These tips will help you make sure your child is properly protected in the car:
* From birth to at least one year old and at least 20 pounds (10kg), children should be secured in the back seat in a rear-facing infant seat.
* Children between the ages of one to about age four and 20-40 pounds (10-18kg) should be secured in the back seat in a forward-facing toddler seat.
* Kids between the ages of four and eight or 40-80 pounds (18kg+) unless 4’9” – should be properly restrained in the back seat in belt-positioning booster seats.
* There are two types of booster seats – a high-back booster and a low-back booster.
A high-back booster seat uses the vehicle’s lap/shoulder belt and provides head and neck support for the child if the car does not have a built-in head restraint.
A low-back booster seat is for use in vehicles that have a built-in head restraint. This type of booster seat is also used with the lap/shoulder belt to properly secure the child.
* The child seat manufacturer certifies that all child safety seats sold meet federal safety performance standards.
For a complete list of the safety seat models, please visit the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Web site, www.nhtsa.gov, or the Canadian Safety Council at http://www.safety-council.org/info/child/childcar.htm
Buckle-Up Basics
The correct use of a child restraint on every trip can prevent 75 per cent of crash-related deaths and serious injuries to child passengers. However, roadside checks find only 51.6 percent of children buckled up at all. During 2002, Buckle Up Bears clinics found that less than 20 percent of all car seats checked were correctly installed.
These tips will help you make sure your child is properly protected in the car:
* From birth to at least one year old and at least 20 pounds (10kg), children should be secured in the back seat in a rear-facing infant seat.
* Children between the ages of one to about age four and 20-40 pounds (10-18kg) should be secured in the back seat in a forward-facing toddler seat.
* Kids between the ages of four and eight or 40-80 pounds (18kg+) unless 4’9” – should be properly restrained in the back seat in belt-positioning booster seats.
* There are two types of booster seats – a high-back booster and a low-back booster.
A high-back booster seat uses the vehicle’s lap/shoulder belt and provides head and neck support for the child if the car does not have a built-in head restraint.
A low-back booster seat is for use in vehicles that have a built-in head restraint. This type of booster seat is also used with the lap/shoulder belt to properly secure the child.
* The child seat manufacturer certifies that all child safety seats sold meet federal safety performance standards.
For a complete list of the safety seat models, please visit the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Web site, www.nhtsa.gov, or the Canadian Safety Council at http://www.safety-council.org/info/child/childcar.htm
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