Children are safer riding rear-facing and should ride rear-facing as long as possible until they reach the maximum rear-facing height or weight rating for the seat. Once top rear-facing limits are reached, use a forward-facing car seat with a harness and a tether. Keep your child in a car seat with a harness until he or she reaches the top height or weight limit for the harness.
Children should remain in forward-facing car seats
There are a variety of seat options:
Read labels and car seat instructions
Make sure child is within weight/height limits
for the seat and head is more than one inch below the top of the car seat shell.
READ the instruction manual
AND the safety belt/seat section in your vehicle manual for proper installation guidance.
Children under 13 years old
should always ride in the back seat.
Install safety seats tightly
in the vehicle; less than an inch of movement at the belt path.
If using a safety belt to install
LOCK the vehicle safety belt to keep it tight; refer to labels on belt, vehicle owner’s manual, and car seat instruction manual.
are unintentionally misused. Partial misuse of a safety seat reduces its effectiveness against severe injuries.