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After selecting a proper child seat,
and a good place to install the seat,
there are three main steps in
installing the seat:
1.
Properly secure the child seat to
All child seats must be
the vehicle.
secured to the vehicle with the lap
part of a lap/shoulder belt or with
the LATCH (Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children) system. A
child whose seat is not properly
secured to the vehicle can be
endangered in a crash.
2.
Make sure the child seat is firmly
After installing a child
secured.
seat, push and pull the seat
forward and from side to side to
verify that it is secure.
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A child seat secured with a seat belt
should be installed as firmly as
possible. However, it does not need
to be ''rock solid''. Some side-to-side
movement can be expected and
should not reduce the child seat's
effectiveness.
If the child seat is not secure, try
installing it in a different seating
position, or use a different style of
child seat that can be firmly secured.
3.
Secure the child in the back seat.
Make sure the child is properly
strapped in the child seat
according to the child seat maker's
instructions. A child who is not
properly secured in a child seat
can be seriously injured in a crash.
Installing a Child Seat
The following pages provide
guidelines on how to properly install
a child seat. A forward-facing child
seat is used in all examples, but the
instructions are the same for a rear-
facing child seat.
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