CAR SEAT SAFETY TIPS

The best way to keep your child safe in the car is to use the right car seat in the right way. Here are some car seat safety tips to protect your children.

Hard Facts about Safety in Cars

Road injuries are the leading cause of preventable deaths and injuries to children in the United States.
Correctly used child safety seats can reduce the risk of death by as much as 71 percent.
More than half of car seats are not used or installed correctly.

Top Tips about Car Seat Safety

Buying the right car seat. Your baby needs to ride in a rear-facing car seat as long as possible until 2 or more years. When your child has outgrown that seat, you are ready for a forward-facing car seat.
Installing your car seat. You’ll need to decide on using either the seat belt or lower anchors to secure your car seat. Both are safe, but don’t use them both at the same time. Once your child is forward facing, it is important to use the tether with the seat belt or lower anchors.
Getting the right fit. A properly-fitted harness gives the best possible protection for your child. Do the pinch test!
When to change your car seat. Look on the car seat label to make sure your child is still within the weight, height and age limits for that seat. Contact us for more details of when to change seats.

Each year, more than 9,000 children are treated in emergency rooms for injuries that occurred while they were by themselves in or around motor vehicles. Many of these preventable injuries occur when drivers are unaware of children near vehicles.

Top Tips for Driveway Safety

We know you’re often in a hurry, but before you get in the car, take a few seconds to walk all the way around your parked car to check for children.
Designate a safe spot for children to wait when nearby vehicles are about to move and make sure the drivers can see them.
Accompany little kids when they get in and out of a vehicle. Hold their hand while walking near moving vehicles, in driveways, parking lots or on sidewalks.