A child car seat is used for your child's safety and comfort
. Following the simple steps below will help to increase the safety of your child in their child travel seat:
1. First of all, before purchasing the travel child seat, make sure the child seat you would like to purchase is suitable for your child's height and weight.
2. You must fully read over the instruction book for your kids safety seat before you try fitting it into the car.
3. Be aware of what seats in your car are the safest for a child car seat to sit. If your childs travel seat is approved for being fitted with the type of seat belt that is in your car in the rear middle seat of the car then the safest position for the child seat to go is the middle of the rear seats. The position which is the next safest is the left rear seat behind the front passenger seat. The third safest seat in your car for your child to sit in their child seat is the right hand rear seat (furthest side from the pavement). The position in your car which is the least safest is the passenger seat in the front of the car.
4. You should not install your infants rear facing travel seat in the front seat of the car if the airbag is turned on as it is highly dangerous and illegal. Some experts recommend to put rear facing infant seats in the rear seats of the vehicle even if the airbag is not active as it could still have the potential chance that it could go off.
5. Ensure that the harness on your kids child car seat is safe and secure against your child. There should only be a small gap that can fit one or two fingers between the harness and your childs body. The harness is too loose if you can fit in more fingers that this.