Friday, April 18, 2008
When should your child use a belt-positioning booster seat?
Once your child completely outgrows a forward-facing child safety seat with an internal harness, you should switch him to a belt-positioning booster seat. Kids should use belt-positioning booster seats from about 40 pounds and until they are about 80 pounds and 4'9" tall (about 4 to 8 years old).
Many children don't reach 4'9" until they are older than 8 years. You may want to keep our child in a booster seat beyond 8 years of age if he or she does not weigh more than the weight limit printed on the booster seat.
If you have a combination car seat/booster seat that your child was using with a harness, just remove the harness and the seat is then a belt-positioning booster seat. You should use a belt-positioning booster seat in the back seat of your vehicle and it must always be used with the vehicle lap-shoulder seat belt.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recommend that all children aged 12 and under ride in the back seat of a vehicle.
Why aren't seat belts good enough? When used correctly, a belt-positioning booster seat can prevent injuries in a crash because it corrects the positioning of the adult seat belt across the child. Any restraint is better than no restraint, but boosters are 60 percent safer than seat belts alone. In a crash, poor-fitting adult seat belts can result in serious injury to your child's abdomen, neck and head. Until your child is big enough, he or she needs a boost.
Source: http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=77974#when_should
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
What is an appropriate child restraint system?
It is more commonly referred to as a child safety seat. Child safety seats include infant seats, convertible seats (rear facing for infants and forward facing for toddlers) and booster seats.
How do I know if my seat is appropriate for my child?
All child safety seats should have informational stickers on the side of the seat stating weight and height limits for that seat. You should also refer to the child seat instruction manual that came with the seat.
My 7 year old child is too large for her booster seat, what should I do?
Typically, booster seats are for children weighing between 40 and 80 pounds, usually between the ages of 4 and 8years old. There are booster seats available for children weighing over 80 pounds.
Are child safety seats required in taxicabs?
No, commercial vehicles are exempt.
My vehicle has only a lap belt system, what do I do?
If your child is over 40 pounds they may be transported in the back seat without a booster seat if the back seat of your vehicle is only equipped with lap belts. Booster seats should only be used with a lap/shoulder belt combination.
Does this law apply to my 14 year old?
Yes, the Child Passenger Protection act applies to all children under the age of 19 years old. Children between the ages of 8 and 16 years old must be secured in a properly adjusted safety belt in any position in the vehicle. The safest place for any child 12 years and under is in the back seat. Also, keep in mind that Illinois has a primary safety belt law, which means that front seat passengers and the driver must also be properly restrained.
I have a 6 year old who weighs 45 pounds. The back seat of my vehicle has a lap belt only in the middle seat position and lap/shoulder belt combination in the 2 side positions. Can I put my child in the middle position with the lap belt only and no booster seat?
No. If the 2 side positions are available with the lap/shoulder belt system, you must put your child in a booster seat with the lap/ shoulder belt properly secured.
Do the child passenger safety laws apply to my 5 year old child when riding in a RV?
Answer: Yes, any person transporting a child under the age of 8 years old in a recreational vehicle on the roadways, streets or highways of the state of Illinois is responsible for securing him or her in an appropriate child restraint system.
Source: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/drivers/programs/kiss.html
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
83% of kids ages 4 to 8 are in adult seat belts. (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Seat belts are engineered to fit an adult male 5’10” weighing 165 lbs. (CHOP)
About 1.5 million kids are in motor vehicle crashes each year in the USA. (CHOP)
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and acquired disability for children between the ages of 4 and 8 years. (CHOP)
Children ages 4 to 8 who use booster seats are 59% less likely to be injured in a car crash than children who are restrained only by a seat belt. (PCPS, CHOP)
Each year about 400 kids (between ages 4 and 8) in the USA die in motor vehicle crashes—over 70,000 are injured. Over 7,000 of these injuries are incapacitating.” (CHOP)
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Washington State’s new child passenger safety law closely follows the best practices recommended by safety experts. Here are some of those best practices (emphasis added):
- Restraints must be installed correctly (according to car seat and vehicle instructions)
- Kids up to their eighth birthday, unless they are four feet, nine inches tall (57 inches), must ride in appropriate child restraints
- Booster seats for kids from age four to their eighth birthday, unless they are four feet, nine inches tall
- When children use the seat belt they must wear it correctly or continue to use a child restraint or booster seat
- Kids ride in the back seat up to age 13 (where practical to do so)
- Putting the shoulder belt under the arm or behind the back is illegal
Source:
http://www.wtsc.wa.gov/pie/factsheets/booster.php
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‘The CG harness has worked extremely well. My daughter, Gemma, is 10 years old and uses a standard Booster seat in the back of our VW Touran. Before fitting the CG Lock she would always complain of ‘falling over’ when going around roundabouts and sharp corners. Since using the CG-Lock she is able to stay completely upright when going around roundabouts, sharp corners etc and she says she feels much ’safer’ in the booster seat.’
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
A Case report Study titled "Child Booster Seats and Lethal Seatbelt Injury" was published by the Forensic Science Centre and 2KIDSAFE in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Abstract: A 7-year-old boy travelling in the rear seat of a sedan car was wearing a lap-shoulder seat belt and sitting on a booster seat. Following a collision the boy ‘submarined’ under the seat belt sustaining trauma to the anterior aspect of his neck, cardiac arrest and subsequent death from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy.
This case demonstrates a potential problem with unsecured older-style booster seats. Movement of a seat in a collision may cause a child to slip under a seat belt and sustain significant neck injuries. Seatbelts for children must be correctly fitted, booster seats or capsules must be securely fastened and manufacturer's recommendations for size and weight limits should be followed.
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The National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA), part of the U.S. Government’s Department of Transportation, has issued guidelines for the safe use of booster seats. The guidelines include:
When Do You Use a Booster Seat?
Types Of Booster Seats You Can Use
Safety Tips for Booster Seats
Why We Use Booster Seats
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The National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA), part of the U.S. Government’s Department of Transportation, has issued guidelines for the safe use of booster seats. The guidelines include:
When Do You Use a Booster Seat?
Types Of Booster Seats You Can Use
Safety Tips for Booster Seats
Why We Use Booster Seats
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From the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety
FACTS:
Motor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among children ages 1-14.
Seventy percent of fatalities and severe injuries could be prevented with the proper use of a child restraint, and 40% - 60% could be prevented with proper safety belt use.
Children over four have a higher rate of injury than younger children for the following reasons: many of them place the shoulder belt under the arm or behind the back; they tend to ride out of position, either sliding forward to the edge of the vehicle seat or slouching downward; fewer children in this age group are buckled up, perhaps because vehicle seats and belts are not comfortable for them.
Booster seats can protect kids from severe spinal cord injuries, abdominal injuries and ejection in a crash.
The Five Step Test:
1) Does the child sit all the way back against the auto seat?
2) Do the child's knees bend comfortably at the edge of the auto seat?
3) Does the belt cross the shoulder between the neck and arm?
4) Is the lap belt as low as possible, touching the thighs?
5) Can the child stay seated like this for the whole trip?
If you answered "no" to any of these questions, your child needs a booster seat to ride safely in the car. Kids like boosters because they are more comfortable, too!
Source: http://www.minnesotasafetycouncil.org/facts/factsheet.cfm?CID=3&FS=107
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The highly popular independent mobility resource www.Mouseability.co.uk has reviewed the CG-Lock for use by folks with hand controlled modified vehicles and is pleased to recommend the device to all mobility drivers and passengers. The owner of Mouseability, Richard Hartman, had the CG-Lock fitted recently and said:
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Thursday, April 3, 2008
Starting July 1st, children between the ages of 4 and 8 and that are less than 4 feet 9 inches tall need to be buckled up in a booster seat. With this legislation, Michigan joins 38 other states in requiring this extended protection measure for kids in automobiles.
Current law requires children under age four to ride in an infant or child car seat. The new law extends the requirement to include older children who also are not optimally protected by seat belts alone.
“Since seat belts are designed for adults, they do not fit children properly and can actually cause injuries during a crash,” said Michigan Department of Community Health Director Janet Olszewski. “Booster seats are a simple and inexpensive way to protect children in motor vehicle crashes.”
Partners for Child Passenger Safety (PCPS) conducts the world’s largest ongoing study of children in crashes and analyzes actual crash data from 16 states, including Michigan. PCPS reports that the risk of injury for a 4 to 8 year-old child is reduced by 59 percent when using a car seat or booster seat. Children in seat belts alone are four times more likely to suffer head/brain injuries as compared to those in booster seats. States that have passed similar laws also have determined that child restraint use increases dramatically when required by law.
WOOD TV8 has a video demonstrating how a booster seat works and why they are important; watch and you will see why this is a necessary measure for child safety.
Source: http://blog.jennifergranholm.com/?p=276
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The CG-Lock worked exactly as I hoped. I have 2 car seats (not booster seats) that were impossible to secure properly because my car is not equipped with the LATCH anchoring system and the factory belts are not ideally located to secure the car seat. Using the CG-Lock is the only way I have been able to hold enough tension in the lap portion of the belt properly and consistently secure the car seats.
The car is a 2000 BMW 323Ci. The seats are Britax Boulevard.
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