Every year infants and children are needlessly injured—sometimes fatally—as a result of being poorly restrained during a car accident. In 2013, 638 children under the age of 12 were killed in car collisions while 127,250 children were seriously injured. According to the Centers for Disease Control, properly used car seats could have reduced these injuries by over 50% for toddlers and up to 70% for infants.
Car seats are specifically designed to cradle your child and secure him against impact forces created by a car accident. Depending on your child’s size and age, specific car seats are recommended for optimum safety. These seats include:
Each one of these restraint systems allows you to position your child in a car without fear that he’ll be thrown from his seat. However, safety depends on the seat’s proper installation, which can be quite confusing, especially for the forward-facing models.
Although you should always refer to users’ manuals for setup instructions, here are a few tips to remember when installing your forward-facing infant seat.
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