Read about Kids and Cars Safety Act of 2007 here.
For additional information you can also visit the kids and cars website.
Safety bills like this may start the process of saving children from becoming victims of mistaken backovers and other car related fatalities.
I came across a new site that discusses common mistakes made with car seats...With such an important child safety issue, we felt it important to post some of the information here.
Most parents understand the importance of putting their children in car seats, especially their younger kids, but reports still show that 80% of kids aren't secured correctly in a car seat.
Among the easiest mistakes to avoid is to just make sure that your child is in the correct car seat for his age and that he is facing the right direction.
- Infants should be in a rear facing infant only seat or convertible seat until they are 1 year old AND twenty pounds. Children who reach twenty pounds before their first birthday still need to face backwards and can be moved into a rear facing convertible seat. Smaller infants who don't reach 20 pounds until after their first birthday should also continue to face backwards. This is more a minimum though. Many people advocate continuing to sit toddlers rear facing in a convertible seat until they outgrow it for added safety.
- After they are twenty pounds and have passed their first birthday, toddlers can use a forward facing car seat (either a convertible, combination or forward facing seat) until they are about 40 pounds.
- Children over forty pounds should be placed into a belt positioning booster seat (either a combination seat or booster seat) and they will usually stay in it until they are at least 8 years old.
- You should not use your car's regular seat belts until they fit correctly when your child is about 80 pounds and is 4ft 9 inches tall. Remember that your child will not be ready to use regular seat belts until the shoulder strap fits across his shoulder and not his neck, and the lap belt fits across his hips and not his stomach.
- All children under 12 years of age should be placed in the back seat of the car, especially if you have passenger side air bags.
Read the entire article here.
While car seat litigation is on the rise for those car seats that do fail to keep children safe during accidents, it is important as parents that we take the time to learn which car seat is the right fit for our child as well as the proper way to secure them.
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