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Category: Car Seat Safety
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Do Recalled Car Seats Always Need to be Replaced?
You’ve heard about them, you may have even been involved with… recalled car seats. It seems like a big inconvenience, especially having to stop using your car seat. […]
What Is It and Why Do I Need It?
The Locking Clip A locking clip is a metal I-shaped piece that is included with most child restraint seats. Most seats have a place on the back or […]
New Side Impact Protection and Where RideSafer Fits in It
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing new side impact requirements for car seats. The requirement would be for car seats for children up to 40 pounds […]
Motorcoach & Bus Seat Belts
This is exciting news. Beginning in November 2016, newly manufactured buses will be required to be equipped with lap and shoulder belts for each driver and passenger seat. […]
LATCH Changes in 2014
There are a lot of articles going around lately in regard to changes in LATCH regulations. Some contain incomplete or inaccurate information. The gist is when the weight […]
Traveling with Houdini
You might relate to this situation: You are driving on the freeway, thinking of your long list of “to dos” wondering how you are ever going to get everything done, when suddenly your hair is yanked hard, bringing tears to your eyes. As you desperately try to find a place to pull over, you realize that once again, darling little Harry has escaped his car seat and is gleefully bouncing around the van unbuckling every child in the car. Sound familiar? […]
Using LATCH for Car Seat Installation
All child restraints sold today come with LATCH (Lower Anchor and Tethers for Children) system. That consists of a strap and clip that attaches to the vehicle’s lower […]
Using a Seatbelt for Car Seat Installation
In this video we cover using a seatbelt for installing your child’s car seat. There are two main places we need to look to understand the vehicle’s seat […]
