See vehicle owner's manual for highest weight of child allowed to use top tether. All lower anchors are rated for a maximum weight of 65 pounds total weight includes car safety seat and child. Parents should check the car safety seat manufacturer's recommendations for maximum weight a child can be to use lower anchors.
New car safety seats have the maximum weight printed on their label. NOTE: Seat belts— If you install a car safety seat by using your vehicle's seat belt, you must make sure the seat belt locks to hold the seat tightly. In most newer cars, you can lock the seat belt by pulling it all the way out and then allowing it to retract to keep the seat belt tight around the car safety seat.
In addition, many car safety seats have built-in lock-offs so you can lock the belt without having to lock the seat belt separately as well.
Refer to the vehicle owner's manual for details about how your seat belt locks. Middle of the back seat— The safest place to ride for all children younger than 13 years is the back seat. If possible, it may be best for the child to ride in the middle of the back seat. However, it is sometimes difficult to install a car safety seat tightly in the middle if the vehicle seat is narrow or uneven. Also, many vehicles do not have lower anchors for the middle seating position. Latch makes money by selling hardware to building owners and then charging a monthly software fee, allowing the service to be free to renters and apartment owners.
With the launch of LatchOS, the company can now build out integrations to earn revenue off of end users, as well, should they choose to upgrade to new features or purchase services through the platform. I then offered to go into the carpark with her and fix up the car seat super nerd that I am; what do other people do on their child-free holidays? Then she tested the seat belt and she was amazed. Because the car seat had an in-built lock-off mechanism when it was forward-facing.
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Not a pretty look after a overnight flight holding an 8 week old!!! Julia on January 15, Thanks for sharing this information regarding safety of children in car. I really found this very helpful. And all above tips are also very helpful for daily life, safety is most important. Car Trends on July 09, Thanks for the info. I have a question though.
Could I install an american car Seat with the rigid lapbelt that is used in older european cars? In other words: is the latch the same safety wise as the rigid old fashioned lapbelt So just over the hip, No shoulder version available?
Linda on July 09, However, in a sedan it is always on the shelf below the rear windshield. A few vehicles, most often SUVs or station wagons, have a tether anchor on the ceiling above and behind the back seat. The vehicle owner's manual can give you the exact location of any tether anchors in your vehicle. With a few exceptions such as convertibles or cars without back seats , there will be a tether anchor to go along with each set of lower anchors, and there is almost always at least one additional tether anchor, as well, that can be used along with a seat belt installation tethers must be used for all forward-facing installations, whether with lower anchors or seat belt.
For pickup trucks, the tether anchors may look vastly different than in other vehicles. They may even be loops of webbing instead of metal. You must read the vehicle owner's manual to learn how to use this type of tether anchor.
It is one of the only types where more than one car seat could share an anchor. Car seats have a way to connect to the lower anchors. Most use a strap with some type of a hook that connects to the vehicle's lower anchors. A few car seats have rigid LATCH where the connectors are rigidly attached to the frame of the child's car seat and there is no strap involved. All forward-facing car seats have a tether strap, which is a strap with a hook on the end that comes from the head of the child's car seat and connects to the tether anchor in the vehicle.
The LATCH system was designed to allow seat belts to be optimized for restraining the human body and the lower anchors for installing a car seat. For some car seats, rear-facing car seats in particular, another advantage of installation with the lower anchors is that the car seat won't tilt to the side due to pressure from the shoulder portion of the vehicle's seat belt.
A seat belt installation where the seat belt's built-in locking mode is used will often cause a tilt. A seat belt installation using a built-in seat belt locking device on the car seat which means you don't have to use the seat belt's own locking mechanism won't tilt the car seat. Seats with rigid LATCH which are less common offer a much easier installation than those with a lower anchor strap.
Consult the car seat instruction manual for information on the specific LATCH pieces on your car seat, including how to route the lower anchor strap if it is a convertible car seat. The stickers on the side of the car seat will also give some basic directions on LATCH usage for your particular car seat.
The safest installation method is the one that offers the most secure installation the seat moves as little as possible, always less than one inch in any direction. If you want to install the car seat in a rear center position, that usually requires using the seat belt.
Most vehicles do not have a set of lower anchors dedicated to the middle seat, and most do not allow the use of the inner anchors from either side for installation in the center. Check the vehicle owner's manual to see if this is allowed. You'll also need to consult the car seat owner's manual to see if the manufacturer approves of the use of their seat with non-standard spacing of lower anchors. You may have heard that the center seat is the safest, which is true, statistically, though only slightly.
A passenger can't take a direct hit in the center. Sitting in the center reduces the risk of injury from about 0.
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