Your Basic Guide To Child Booster Seat Safety


by Lucile Taylor - Date: 2008-12-19 - Word Count: 546 Share This!

Numerous reports have revealed that in the United States, the primary cause of children's deaths is vehicle crashes or accidents. These accidents are becoming so rampant with more and more children now spending their time in cars than they used to. Accidents are also growing in numbers with more and more cars hitting the road than ever before. But luckily, child safety seats and belts were produced and distributed to at least help keep the children safe.

The child safety seats and belts come in a number of types. The most common and the most preferred is the booster seat.

The booster seat, on the most basic, works exactly as to what its name suggests - it boosts the child up so that the vehicle's lap and shoulder belts restrain him safely. This item is highly preferred for the reason that without it, an adult seat belt can cause harms to your child in the event of a crash rather than preventing it. It is for this idea also that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration now suggests that all children who have outgrown their car seats should continue to ride in booster seats until they reach the age of 8 and 4 feet 9 inches tall.

However, not all booster seats are used properly and securely. It is for this fact that certain administrations have set certain child booster seat safety guidelines for every adult to consider and note. What these child booster seat safety guidelines are? Consider the following:

* For ultimate child booster seat safety, it is always important to design the seat for use as a booster seat. If you don't know about the proper installation, it is best to check the labels and manuals to make sure that the seat can be used as a booster seat. In relation to this, it is maintained by the child booster seat safety rules that the booster seats designed for use at the table are not for use in vehicles. It can only be used if it meets the motor vehicle safety standards.

* The seat must fit well in the vehicle. If you found out that the tips of the seat go around corners or slides around on the vehicle seat, it is clear that it is not the perfect device to use. For an ensured child booster seat safety, the seat should be compatible to your vehicle seat. It should stay upright when occupied and its base should remain attached to the vehicle seat back at all times.

* Another notable child booster seat safety rule maintained by certain administrations noted that the safety seat should provide your child the adequate head support.

* The seat belts must fit the child comfortably. The lap belt, in particular, should fit snugly over the upper thighs of your child, and it should not ride up onto his stomach. It should cross your child's shoulder without slipping into the arm or rubbing against the neck.

Note that all of these child booster seat safety rules are designed to make parents and guardians aware that although booster seats are available for use, not all can fit well to your vehicle and so to your child. Choosing the right one is very much important.

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