In the UK you are required to use a child car seat until your child is either 12 years old or cm tall — whichever is reached first. In Ireland, children are required to sit in a child car until either 12 years old or cm tall. If one of these 5 points is not reached yet, your child should still sit in a booster seat:.
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Know the Stages. Use a rear-facing car seat from birth until age 2—4. Infants and toddlers should be buckled in a rear-facing car seat with a harness, in the back seat, until they reach the maximum weight or height limit of their car seat. This offers the best possible protection. Check the car seat manual and labels on the car seat for weight and height limits.
Never place a rear-facing car seat in the front seat. Front passenger air bags can injure or kill young children in a crash. After outgrowing the rear-facing car seat, use a forward-facing car seat until at least age 5. In most newer cars, you can lock the seat belt by pulling it all the way out and then allowing it to retract to keep the seat belt tight around the car safety seat. In addition, many car safety seats have built-in lock-offs so you can lock the belt without having to lock the seat belt separately as well.
Refer to the vehicle owner's manual for details about how your seat belt locks. Middle of the back seat— The safest place to ride for all children younger than 13 years is the back seat. If possible, it may be best for the child to ride in the middle of the back seat. However, it is sometimes difficult to install a car safety seat tightly in the middle if the vehicle seat is narrow or uneven.
Also, many vehicles do not have lower anchors for the middle seating position. It is safest to put the car safety seat in a position where you can install it tightly with either the lower anchor system or the seat belt; in some cases, this position may be on either side of the back seat rather than in the middle.
A child passenger safety technician CPST or CPS technician can help you decide which place is best to install your child's car safety seat in your vehicle. The AAP recommends that all infants ride rear facing starting with their first ride home from the hospital. All infants and toddlers should ride in a rear-facing seat as long as possible until they reach the highest weight or height allowed by their car safety seat manufacturer.
When infants outgrow their rear-facing—only seat, a convertible seat installed rear facing is needed. Three types of rear-facing seats are available: rear-facing—only , convertible, and all-in-one. When children reach the highest weight or length allowed by the manufacturer of their rear-facing—only seat, they should continue to ride rear facing in a convertible or all-in-one seat.
Always read the vehicle owner's manual and the car safety seat manual before installing the seat. Very small babies who can sit safely in a semi-reclined position usually fit better in rear-facing—only seats. Babies born preterm should be screened while still in the hospital to make sure they can sit safely in a semi-reclined position.
Babies who need to lie flat during travel may be able to ride in a car bed that meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard They should be screened again while in the hospital to make sure they can lie safely in the car bed. Any child who has outgrown the rear-facing weight or height limit for her convertible seat should use a forward- facing seat with a harness for as long as possible, up to the highest weight or height allowed by her car safety seat manufacturer.
It is best for children to ride in a seat with a harness as long as possible, at least to 4 years of age. If your child outgrows a seat before reaching 4 years of age, consider using a seat with a harness approved for higher weights and heights.
It is important that the car safety seat is installed tightly in the vehicle and that the harness fits your child snugly. Booster seats are for older children who have outgrown their forward-facing seats. Most children will not fit in most vehicle seat belts without a booster until 10 to 12 years of age. Instructions that come with your car safety seat will tell you the height and weight limits for the seat. As a general guideline, a child has outgrown a forward-facing seat when any of the following situations is true:.
High-back and backless are 2 standard types of booster seats. They do not come with a harness but are used with lap and shoulder seat belts in your vehicle, the same way an adult rides. Most booster seats are not secured to the vehicle seat with the seat belt or lower anchors and tether but simply rest on the vehicle seat and are held in place once the seat belt is fastened over a child.
However, some models of booster seats can be secured to the vehicle seat and kept in place by using the lower anchors and tether along with lap and shoulder belts. Currently, only a few vehicle manufacturers offer integrated booster seats. Booster seats often have a plastic clip or guide to correctly position vehicle lap and shoulder belts.
See the booster seat instruction manual for directions on how to use the clip or guide. Booster seats must be used with lap and shoulder belts. When using a booster seat, make sure:. If your booster seat has lower anchors or tether attachments, check its manual for installation instructions. If your car has only lap belts, use a forward-facing seat that has a harness and higher weight limits. You could also. Seat belts are made for adults. Children should stay in a booster seat until adult seat belts fit correctly, typically when children reach about 4 feet 9 inches in height and are 8 to 12 years of age.
Most children will not fit in a seat belt alone until 10 to 12 years of age. When children are old enough and large enough to use the vehicle seat belt alone, they should always use lap and shoulder seat belts for the best protection. Front airbags are installed in all new cars. When used with seat belts, airbags work well to protect teenagers and adults; however, airbags can be very dangerous to children, particularly to those riding in rear-facing seats and to preschoolers and young school-aged children who are not properly restrained.
If your vehicle has a front passenger airbag, infants in rear-facing seats must ride in the back seat. Even in a relatively low-speed crash, the airbag can inflate, strike the car safety seat, and cause serious brain injury and death.
Vehicles with no back seat or a back seat that is not made for passengers are not the best choice for traveling with small children; however, the airbag can be turned off in some of these vehicles if the front seat is needed for a child passenger.
Side airbags are available in most new cars. Side airbags improve safety for adults in side-impact crashes. Child care programs and schools should have written guidelines for transporting children, including. This will help keep them safe during takeoff and landing or in case of turbulence.
Remember that your child will need an appropriate car safety seat to use at your destination. If you have questions or need help with installing your car safety seat, find a certified child passenger safety technician CPST or CPS technician. Lists of certified CPSTs and child seat—fitting stations are available on the following websites:. Be a good role model. Make sure you always wear your seat belt. This will help your child form a lifelong habit of buckling up.
Make sure that everyone who transports your child uses the correct car safety seat or seat belt on every trip, every time. Being consistent with car safety seat use is good parenting, reduces fussing and complaints, and is safest for your child.
Never leave your child alone in or around cars, and lock your vehicle when it is not in use. Any of the following situations can happen when a child is left alone in or around a vehicle.
A child can. Always read and follow the manufacturer's instructions for your car safety seat. If you do not have those, write or call the company's customer service department. Specifically: Children under the age of four must be restrained in a specifically designed seat which meets FMVSS and is either permanently affixed or affixed with a seat belt.
The child restraint shall be rear facing if the child is under the age of 2 unless the child exceeds the weight and height recommendations set by the manufacturer of the rear-facing seat.
Children under four but more than 40 pounds must be restrained in an appropriate child restraint system installed with a lap-shoulder belt or a lap-only belt in the event there is not an available lap-shoulder belt in the vehicle. Children four or older but younger than 8 must be restrained in an appropriate child restraint system. Children 8 through 16 must be restrained using a lap-shoulder belt. Children under the age of four must be restrained in a federally approved car seat while riding on a school bus.
If no seating position equipped with a lap and shoulder belt to properly secure the weight-appropriate child passenger restraint system is available, a child less than eight years of age and between 40 and 80 pounds may be restrained by a properly fitted lap-only belt.
This is a good situation when a RideSafer with a tether strap would be most useful. When a child reaches age 8 or 80 pounds, a properly fitted seat belt can be used in place of a car seat or booster seat. Location in car : Children less than 5 and 40 pounds must be secured in the rear seat of the vehicle, unless the child restraint system is designed for use with air bags. Children ages 8 to 17 must be properly secured in a seat belt or child restraint, if needed.
Ohio Car Seat Law Children ages 4 to 8 years of age and less than 4 foot 9 inches in height are required to be in a booster seat that meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. This is addressed in our comments below. Children at least 8 through 15 years of age must be properly restrained in a child restraint system or in an Occupant Restraining Device as described below. An Occupant Restraining Device is defined as seat safety belt, shoulder belt, harness, or other safety device for restraining a person that satisfies the minimum the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
Booster seat is defined in 49 C. The RideSafer Travel vest, by the definition of the Ohio revised code Also note: If we and law enforcement were to strictly interpret this law as it is written, every child who is over four years old and over 40 pounds who is less than eight years of age and less than 4 feet nine inches in height would be required to be in a booster seat even though there are many conventional 5-point harness car seats rated by their respective manufacturers to properly restrain children who weigh over 40 pounds regardless of age.
Oklahoma Car Seat Law Children must be secured in a rear-facing child passenger restraint system until the age of 2 or until the child reaches the weight or height limit of the child restraint whichever occurs first Children under 4 years old must be secured in a child passenger restraint system.
Children who weigh 40 pounds or less must be properly secured with a child safety system that meets the minimum standards and specifications established by the Department of Transportation under ORS Unless the rear seat of the vehicle is not equipped with lap-shoulder belts, then the child may be secured with a lap belt OR if the child is properly secured with a child safety system that meets ORS As a certified child restraint that meets or exceeds FMVSS crash test requirements since , the RideSafer travel vest qualifies for children who are at least age 3 and 30 pounds.
Although the law states children who weigh more than 40 pounds must be elevated as in a booster seat, it also clearly states in subsection 3 b — as seen above in second exception bullet — as long as a child is properly secured in a child safety system which meets FMVSS such as the RideSafer this requirement does NOT apply.
Children under 4 years of age shall be securely fastened in a child passenger restraint system as provided in subsection d.
Children 4 years of age but younger than 8 years of age shall be securely in a fastened safety seat belt system and in an appropriately fitting child booster seat, as provided in subsection d. Additional clarifications are included in the Pennsylvania Code the official codification of rules and regulations issued by Commonwealth agencies Chapter Rhode Island Car Seat Law Section Law : Children under the age of eight 8 , less than fifty-seven 57 inches in height and less than eighty 80 pounds shall be properly restrained in a child restraint system approved FMVSS All infants and toddlers under the age of two 2 or weighing less than 30 pounds shall be restrained in a rear-facing car seat.
All children two your of age or older or who have outgrown their rear-facing car seat by height or weight should use a forward-facing car seat with a harness up the maximum allowed by the child restraint manufacturer. Location in car : Children younger than 8 must sit in the rear seat, if available.
South Carolina Car Seat Law Title 56 Chapter 5 Article 47 SECTION Law : Children under the age of 8 must be restrained as follows: Children from birth to 2 years old must be secured in a rear-facing child passenger restraint system which meets federal standards in the rear vehicle seat until the child exceeds the height or weight limit allowed by the manufacturer of the child restraint being used.
A child at least 4 years old who has outgrown their forward-facing child passenger restraint system seat must be secured by a belt-positioning booster seat secured in a rear seat of the vehicle with a lap-shoulder belt until they can meet the height and fit requirements for an adult safety seat belt. Any child restraint system of a type sufficient to meet the physical standards prescribed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration at the time of its manufacture is sufficient to meet the requirements of this article including the RideSafer.
Location in car : Children under the age of 8 must sit in the rear seat, if available. The requirements of this section are met if the child is under 5 years of age and at least 40 pounds by securing the child in a seat belt.
This is by NO means best practice. Most children should remain in some sort of child restraint until a much older age. Children between the ages of 5 and 18 must wear a properly adjusted seat belt Location in car : Not specified Taxi : Not exempt as far as I can tell RideSafer legal: Yes. Tennessee Car Seat Law T.
Children ages 1 to 3 and weighing more than 20 pounds shall properly use a federally approved child passenger restraint system in a forward-facing position in the rear seat. Children ages 13 to 15 must be secured in the vehicle seat belt. Location in car : Children 8 and younger and less than 57 inches must be in rear seat, if available. Rear seat is recommended for children ages 9 to The RideSafer travel vest , federally approved child restraint system, qualifies for children who are at least age 3 and 30 pounds.
Since most lawmakers have not been informed about the RideSafer there are no notes specifically in reference to it. Texas Car Seat Law Sec. Paragraphs ii and b states: The operator of a motor vehicle operated on a highway shall provide for the protection of a person younger than 8 years of age by using a child restraint device to restrain each person in the manner prescribed by the manufacturer of the device.
Children younger than 8 are not required to be in a child restraint if they are at least 57 inches tall. At that point, they should use the lap-shoulder belt. Children ages 8 to 16 are required to wear a seat belt. Vermont Car Seat Law 23 V. Children who weigh more than 20 pounds and who are over the age 1 but under the age 8, shall be restrained in a child passenger restraining system.
Children age 8 up to 18 years of age shall be restrained in a safety belt system or a child passenger restraining system. Location in car : Children under the age of 1 must be in the rear seat, if available, and if in front must have airbag turned off. Children must use a rear-facing child restraint until the child reaches two years of age or the child reaches the weight or height limit of the rear-facing child restraint device as prescribed by the manufacturer of the such device.
Best practice says to keep rear-facing as long as possible so we recommend to keep the child rear-facing if the child still fits the seat even if the child is older than 2.
Children 8 years of age to 18 must be restrained using a vehicle seat belt. Children can no longer ride unrestrained in the rear cargo area of vehicles. Location in car : Rear-facing child restraint devices must be placed in the back seat of a vehicle.
In the event the vehicle does not have a back seat, the child restraint device may be placed in the front passenger seat only if the vehicle is either not equipped with a passenger side airbag or the passenger side airbag has been deactivated. Children may remain in a rear-facing child restraint past the age of 2 until the child reaches the upper weight or height limit of the restraint.
Children who are not properly secured in a rear-facing child restraint and is under the age of 4 must be properly secured in a child restraint forward-facing with a harness until the child reaches the weight or height limit of the restraint as set by the manufacturer.
Children may remain in a forward-facing harness child restraint past the age of 4 until the child reaches the upper weight or height limit of the restraint. Children may remain in a booster seat until the seat belt fits properly see 5-step fit test which is typically between the ages of 8 and Location in car : Children under 13 years old be transported in the back seat where it is practical to do so.
The RideSafer Travel Vest qualifies for children 3 and older. Washington DC Car Seat Law DC Code section Law : The operator of a motor vehicle shall not transport any child under 16 years of age unless the child is properly restrained in an approved child safety restraint system or restrained in a seat belt.
Children under 2 years of age, who weighs less than 40 pounds or who measures less than 40 inches in length, must be properly restrained in a rear-facing child restraint seat. A booster seat shall only be used with both a lap and shoulder belt. West Virginia Car Seat Law 17C Law : Children under the age of eight years shall be properly secured in a child passenger safety device system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards.
Wisconsin Car Seat Law Chapter Children who are at least one year and weighs at least 20 pounds but is less than 4 years old or weighs less than 40 pounds must be restrained as mentioned in section 1 — in a federally approved rear-facing — or a federally approved forward-facing child safety restraint system in the back seat of a vehicle, if the vehicle has a back seat.
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