It is not illegal under NYS law for a child passenger to ride in the front seat of a vehicle that has a passenger air bag, but it is dangerous. Recent studies show that air bags can cause serious or fatal injuries to infants, children or small adults that sit in the passenger-side front seat. It is also normally safer for a child of any age to ride in the back seat of any vehicle.

Yes. The Federal Aviation Administration strongly recommends, but does not require, using safety seats on airplanes. Babies and children are much better protected during turbulence and in emergency landings when they use a safety seat. SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. has petitioned the FAA to require all passengers to be buckled up, including children under two, who currently are exempt. The White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security has recommended that all children be properly restrained.

The best place to find information about child car seats, including ease-of-use ratings, child height/weight requirements, and recall information, is on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website. Another useful resource is Safety Belt Safe USA. For a detailed description of the HealthyCar.org vehicle rating system and methodology, download the full report.

Many parents think their children are too big for car seats or have outgrown their booster seats. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that children should be restrained in a booster seat until they are 4'9" and about 80 pounds. Regular seat belts are made for men who are 5'10" and 160 pounds. They are not designed to secure a child under 80 pounds. Yes, this quite possibly means that your 10 year old should still be in a booster seat!

Contact Sgt. Mike Earney of the Beaumont Police Department Traffic Unit at 409-833-3271. If the call is after hours, leave a message at the same number by selecting extension 350.

The Divsion of Fire and Rescue Services has trained Child Safety Seat Technicians that can assure your child's safety seat is installed properly. More...

The Chapel Hill Fire Department holds a Child Safety Seat Clinic every Wednesday from 3:00pm-6:00pm at Fire Station 2, 1003 Hamilton Rd, in the Glen Lennox area. No appointment is necessary and seats are available to purchase if you need one. Special pricing is available for families on government assistance. Please have proof and your child with you to qualify.

Child safety seat inspections are scheduled throughout Seminole County at varied locations. For a copy of this schedule you can visit call us at 407-262-7735 extension 1200 or visit the Seminole County SAFE KIDS Coalition website.

The "best" safety seat is the one that fits your child, fits your car, and fits your family's needs in terms of comfort and convenience, so that you'll use it on every single ride. For more information about selecting a safety seat to fit your child, see "Best Child Safety Seat."

Most airlines accept car seats in addition to normal carry on or checked luggage provided approved space is available. When checking your car seat on a US Domestic or International flight you can bring your car seat to the gate to be loaded there. If checking a car seat as luggage the original box/packaging should be used. A liability release form must be signed.

MCHD has a certified child passenger safety technician on staff. If you live in or near Marquette County, Michigan and would like to have your child's car seat checked, contact Diane Curry at 906-315-2612 or dcurry@mqtcty.org. If you live outside the county, contact Diane to obtain contact information for all currently certified Upper Peninsula child passenger safety technicians.

The best way is to try it out in your car before you buy the safety seat. You may have problems if the vehicle seat has deep contours, humps, or certain types of safety belts. Read the installation instructions that came come with the safety seat. You may need special equipment from the dealer to install your seat safely. Look in the index of your vehicle owner's manual under "child restraint," and read about installation. A safety seat should not wobble, pivot, slide side-to-side, or tip over.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the AAP recommend that when flying, children should be securely fastened in car safety seats until 4 years of age, and then should be secured with the airplane seat belts. This will help keep them safe during takeoff and landing or in case of turbulence. Most infant, convertible, and forward-facing seats are certified to be used on airplanes. Booster seats and travel vests are not certified to be used on airplanes.

If the car safety seat was in a moderate or severe crash, it needs to be replaced. If the crash was minor, the seat does not automatically need to be replaced. A crash is considered minor if all of the following are true: If you are unsure, call the manufacturer of the seat. See the resource section for manufacturer names and phone numbers.

Answer: For vehicles with side air bags, refer to the vehicle owner's manual for child restraint instructions and precautions

Generally, the recommendation is to replace all safety seats in use in a crash. It is almost impossible to tell if there is internal weakening of the plastic, and it would be very expensive to perform a thorough investigation of the safety seat to verify that it is safe to use. In California, state law requires that the responsible insurer replace safety seats that were in use at the time of the crash.

Unfortunately, there is no escape-proof safety seat. Children who learn how to get out of one kind of safety seat soon learn how to escape from others. However, most children quickly respond to parental firmness. This finding is based on a study conducted by SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. with data collected from a range of English- and Spanish-speaking families.

Our drivers will upon request remove the existing seat to accommodate yours. We highly suggest, however, that you use our child safety seat. Why? Because we know everything about our child safety seats. We know that they fit in our vehicles, that they are safe, that they have not been recalled, or been in an accident, and our drivers are fully familiar with their operation.

Yes. The Federal Aviation Administration strongly recommends the use of a child safety seat, but does not require it. If you buy a ticket for your child, you have the right to use a safety seat. But if you don't buy a ticket, you may want to check with the airline about the use of a nearby empty seat. Check the labels on your car seat to make sure if it is certified for use in an aircraft. Make sure the base of your safety seat is no wider than 17 inches so that it fits into a coach-class seat.

In North Carolina, all children under five (5) and under 40 pounds must use an approved child restraint system. Note that children over 40 pounds are exempt, even if they are under five. New seats are being manufactured that will hold children up to as much as 80 pounds with a harness. We recommend that children stay in a child seat or booster seat until they are about 80 pounds because a regular seat belt system is not designed for such young children.

NHTSA does not test these retrofit systems in its compliance testing program, so we have no policy on these systems. However, some child restraint manufacturers offer retrofit kits for lower LATCH attachments. If you choose to use a retrofit LATCH attachment kit, it is important to read the manufacturer's instructions to ensure that it can be used with your child seat model. Yes. The requirement only applies to child safety seats manufactured on or after September 1, 2002.

Never place an infant seat, especially a rear-facing infant seat, in the front seat of a vehicle equipped with a passenger-side Airbag. It is always best to place all child safety seats in the vehicle's rear seat. Only if a rear seat is unavailable and there is a manual cut-off switch for the passenger-side Airbag, may a forward-facing child seat be used with the passenger seat in its most rearward position.

The Police Department receives donations of new child car seats from many area businesses. In turn, the department gives the seats to needy families who might otherwise not be able to afford these necessary safety devices. If you or a family member needs a car seat for a young child, please contact the Hoffman Estates Traffic Division commander at 847-882-1818.

There are a lot of car seats out there. Many tout having extra features to increase safety. Ultimately, however, the safest car seat for your child is the one that best: