Infants should ride in infant or rear - facing convertible seats, toddlers should be strapped into convertible seats (although these may face the front of the vehicle), and older children should sit in booster seats until they are tall enough to safely wear
adult seat belts.
Tweens: Children should use boosters until
adult seat belts fit properly.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention («CDC») recommends using age - and size - appropriate child restraints (including child safety seats and booster seats) in the back seat until
adult seat belts fit properly (i.e., when the lap belt lays across the upper thighs, not the stomach; and the shoulder belt lays across the shoulder and chest, not the neck or face), which normally occurs after a child is at least age 8 years or ≥ 57 inches (145 cm) tall.
Passengers aged ≥ 13 years should use
adult seat belts on every trip, no matter how short or quick.
Adult seat belts, still in the back seat, are appropriate for children up to age 13 years.
But your child should keep using a booster seat until
adult seat belts fit properly.
Children should stay in a booster seat until
adult seat belts fit correctly, typically when children reach about 4 feet 9 inches in height and are 8 through 12 years of age.
British Standards; BS 3254 for
adult seat belts, forward - facing child safety seats and child harnesses; BS AU185 for booster cushions; BS AU202: Specification for rearward - facing restraint systems for infants, for use in road vehicles.
Without a booster seat in the event of a crash,
an adult seat belt can actually cause injury rather than prevent it.
Next: A Belt - Positioning Booster When children reach the forward - facing car seat's weight or height limit, they should use a belt positioning booster seat until they're big enough to use
an adult seat belt.
For example, children who are as young as 6 or are at least 60 pounds may use
an adult seat belt without a booster seat in Arkansas.
Please note — this base can not be installed using
the adult seat belt, you can only install it in car with ISOFIX.
Instead, have them transition to a booster seat that enables
the adult seat belt to fit properly.
There are four stages of child passenger safety as children grow, from infant seats to the time they are ready for
an adult seat belt alone.
It is required by law to use a booster seat until
the adult seat belt fits properly.
Kid to kid, Cooper demonstrates the 5 - Step Test to ensure a child is ready for
the adult seat belt without a booster seat.
It may be tempting to allow your older child to ride without a booster seat, but it can be deadly to have a small child sit with
an adult seat belt.
Even if a child has outgrown a five point harness seat, they are still too small to ride with
an adult seat belt.
It is designed for use with a standard 3 point
adult seat belt that has been approved to ECE Regulation 16 or equivalent.
It is designed for use with a standard 3 point
adult seat belt that has been approved to ECE Regulation 15.
Once a child grows out of his baby car seat or infant seat, he graduates to a booster seat until he's big enough to properly fit
an adult seat belt without needing to sit on something to increase his height.
- Remember that all children need a car seat or a booster seat until they are big enough to fit and
adult seat belt properly (generally kids can use an
adult seat belt by the time they are eight years old, but if your child is small for his age, this may not be the case).
The purpose of infant car seats is provide your child with a safe, supported seat that either elevates him to the level at which he can use
an adult seat belt safely, or (in the case of small babies) keeps him secure in the seat by means of a harness.
If a child is too small for
an adult seat belt, then a booster seat should always be used.
In order for
an adult seat belt to fit a child properly, the child must be able to bend their knees at the edge of the seat, the lap belt should sit across the thighs or lower hip and the shoulder belt should fit against the shoulder and chest.
You'll know your child is ready to give up the booster when she A. Reaches age 8 B. Fits
an adult seat belt, usually at around 4» 9» tall C. Won't stop complaining about riding in a car seat
This position is very unsafe for the child, thus booster seat laws were implemented for all children who are too small to ride with
an adult seat belt.
A booster seat is a car seat that is used by children who are too big for a five point harness but too small to only use
an adult seat belt.
Not exact matches
One problem is that
seat belts designed to fit
adult bodies don't hold children securely.
Booster
seats boost your child up, providing a higher sitting height, which allows the
adult lap and shoulder
belt to fit properly.
Remember that regular
seat belts are for
adults.
A booster
seat can elevate the child to the height of an
adult, thus making the
seat belt fit him / her perfectly.
Im sure, that you rode
seat beltless as a child / young
adult since vehicles did not have
seat belts at that time.
When used with
seat belts, airbags work well to protect teenagers and
adults; however, airbags can be very dangerous to children, particularly those riding in rear - facing
seats, and to preschool - and young school — aged children who are not properly restrained.
Seat belts are made for
adults.
They do not come with harness straps but are used with lap and shoulder
seat belts in your vehicle, the same way an
adult rides.
GHSA's website provides information on child passenger safety laws including helpful charts for all 50 states and their individual laws on when to use a child restraint or passenger
seat, and when it is permissible to transition into an
adult safety
belt.
Child safety
seat laws require children to travel in approved child restraints or booster
seats and some permit or require older children to use
adult safety
belts.
Young children usually are covered by child safety
seat laws, while safety
belt laws cover older children and
adults.
20In Virginia, children 4 — 7 years may use an
adult belt only if any licensed physician determines that use of a child safety
seat would be impractical because of the child's weight, height, physical fitness, or other medical reason.
For example, there are some carriers with a fully padded «bucket
seat» for the baby, a padded back area for the
adult, and a padded hip
belt.
For
adults,
seat belts distribute force to the strongest parts of the body, the hips and shoulders.
This feature transforms an
adult belt into one that has a
seat belt that can be clipped to come up with the correct position over the child's hips.
The
seat belts and
seat of a car are made to fit
adults, so young children still need to ride in a booster
seat.
An
adult car
seat and
seat belt are not made for children thus they can not accommodate a small child.
The
seats and
seat belts of a vehicle are designed for the average
adult.
Answer: B. Sad news for small fries: Your 8 - year - old may soon be a tween, but if she's not tall enough to fit an
adult - size
seat belt (which usually happens at 4» 9», according to the AAP guidelines), she's not ready to give up that booster.
Switching from
seat - mounted
belts to traditional
belts (with automated presenters) allowed for slimmer front seatbacks, increasing rear legroom by nearly two inches, but it's still a tight fit for
adults.
Legroom and shoulder room accommodated two 6 - foot - plus
adults behind
adults seated in the second row (there are
seat belts for three in the back that could work in a pinch, though with far less comfort).
Volvo also recommends that children and small
adults fewer than 4 feet 7 inches should sit in the rear
seat properly restrained by the
seat belt.