Often people make mistakes while choosing car seats for their children. Improper installation can also be dangerous for kids. This slide will help you in many ways for instance, to guide about what you need to consider while buying child car seats, how to install it perfectly and what important points to keep in mind.

1. Car Seat Safety Mistakes
Parents Must Avoid

2. Buying a used car seat
without more research

3. While purchasing a used car seat,
make sure:

4. It meets all safety standards
No such damage is there
Not a single part is missing

5. Placing it in a wrong way

6. Your child car seat should never
be placed in the front .

7. Make sure to place it in the back.

8. Improper installation

9. Go through the instructions very
carefully before installing the seat.

10. The owner’s manual can be your
best guide during installation.

11. Turning your child to face
forward too soon

12. Don’t turn your child to face forward
until two years old or he/she has
reached the height or weight limit of the
seat.

13. Rear facing infant seat
having a wrong angle

14. Make sure you are installing the
car seat in a correct angle
according to the manufacturer’s
instruction guide.

15. Improper use of retainer
clips

16. Use the clips at the armpit level of
your child, resting across his
breastbone.

17. Prematurely switching
your child to a booster
seat

18. Do not switch your child to the booster
seat until he meets the highest weight
i.e. 40 to 80 pounds or height as per the
NHTSA recommendation.

19. Re-using a seat that has
been in a crash

20. Keep in mind your car seat is a one time
use deal but in case of minor crashes
you can follow the NHTSA guidelines to
ensure whether to use that seat or not.

21. Putting your child in a
bulky winter coat

22. Avoid bulky winter coats in your
vehicle as it creates a gap
between your child and the
harness straps, which is too
dangerous .

23. Using the safety belt too
early

24. Don’t rush for the seat belts.
Before using seat belts make sure :

27. Adjusting two kids with
one seat belt

28. Letting your kids share one seat
belt is too dangerous. It can cause
their heads collide together during
a jerk.

29. Letting your child share
the front seat

30. Don’t allow your kid to sit in the front
seat since it is against the NHTSA
recommendation and totally unsafe for
the kid.

31. The middle of the back seat is the safest
place for your kid as he/she is protected
from all sides.

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