Seating and Safety Restraints
trainingtoensurethatallchildrenages0to16areproperlyrestrainedin
thecorrectrestraintsystem.FordrecommendscheckingwithaNHTSA
CertifiedChildPassengerSafetyTechnician(CPST)andyour
pediatriciantomakesureyourseatisappropriateforyourchildand
properlyinstalledinthevehicle.Tolocateachildseatfittingstationand
CPSTcontacttheNHTSAtollfreeat1-888-327-4236orontheinternet
athttp://www.nhtsa.dot.gov.InCanada,checkwithyourlocalSt.John
AmbulanceofficeforreferraltoaCPSTorforfurtherinformation,
contactyourprovincialministryoftransportation,yourlocalSt.John
Ambulanceofficeathttp://www.sfa.ca,orTransportCanadaat
1–800–333–0371
(http://www.tc.gc.ca).
Followallthesafetyrestraintandairbagprecautionsthatapplytoadult
passengersinyourvehicle.
Ifthechildistheproperheight,age,andweight(asspecifiedbyyour
childsafetyseatorboostermanufacturer),fitstherestraintandcanbe
restrainedproperly,thenrestrainthechildinthechildsafetyseator
withthebelt-positioningbooster.Rememberthatchildseatsand
belt-positioningboostersvaryandmaybedesignedtofitchildrenof
differentheights,agesandweights.Childrenwhoaretoolargeforchild
safetyseatsorbelt-positioningboosters(asspecifiedbyyourchildsafety
seatmanufacturer)shouldalwaysproperlywearsafetybelts.
SAFETY SEATS FOR CHILDREN
Infant and/or toddler seats
Useasafetyseatthatisrecommendedforthesizeandweightofthe
child.
Wheninstallingachildsafetyseat:
•
Reviewandfollowtheinformation
presentedintheAirbag
supplementalrestraintsystem
(SRS)sectioninthischapter.
•
Carefullyfollowallofthe
manufacturer’sinstructions
includedwiththesafetyseatyou
putinyourvehicle.Ifyoudonot
installandusethesafetyseat
properly,thechildmaybeinjured
inasuddenstoporcollision.
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