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Protecting Your Child with Car Seat Safety

According to available statistics, the greatest cause of death among children between the ages of 1 - 18, is car crashes. A large percentage of these deaths could have been avoided if the children had been properly restrained while in the vehicle. It is your duty, as a caring parent to ensure that your child is properly seated in the vehicle at all times.

This article is about car safety for children who are small enough to be placed in a car seat during car travel.

Contrary to popular belief, your lap is not the safest place for your child. In fact, it is the most dangerous. If your vehicle was to be involved in an accident, and you had your child in your lap, you would probably be in no position to hold on to your child following the collision. And even if you held on to the child, it's highly possible that your body would crush him as you get propelled against the dashboard or windshield.

To ensure the safety of your child, the most important thing you need to do is to purchase and install a safety approved child seat car.

Over confidence is not a good thing and most fatal accidents involving children occur within five miles of home and at speeds less than twenty five miles/hour. Studies show that a large number of parents do not use child safety car seats appropriately. Most common problems occur when parents don't harness the child in properly into the seat, or place the seat incorrectly in the car.

Given below are three tips for you to ensure the safety of your child with regard to the car seat.

• Select a car seat that meets current safety guidelines. Avoid car seats that were manufactured before 1981 which is when the safety guidelines came into effect.
• Ensure you place your child in the car seat correctly all the time, every time. Do not risk your child even once, no matter how short the travel distance is.
• Ensure your child stays safe at all times.Purchase a car seat that has an easy-to-adjust harness. You are more likely to use the car seat if it's convenient to use.
• Your child is precious, pay close attention to the car seat you buy and use it each and every time you take your child out in the car.

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