Child Passenger Safety Tips
TIP 1: Everybody needs a child safety seat, booster seat, or safety belt. It is imperative to choose the seat that best fits your child and your vehicle.
TIP 2: ALWAYS read the instructions that come with the child safety seat and the section on child safety seats in the vehicle owner’s manual.
TIP 3: The back seat is the safest place in a crash. Children age 12 and under should ride properly restrained in the back. Infants riding rear-facing must NEVER be placed in front of an active air bag.
TIP 4: Age birth to 1, up to 35 lbs., must use an Infant-only or Rear-facing Convertible seat.
TIP 5: Age 1 to 4, over 20 lbs. and up to 40 lbs., must use a Convertible or Forward-Facing Only seat.
TIP 6: Age 4 to 8, over 40 lbs., must use a Belt-Positioning Booster Seat, Backless Booster, or High-back Booster seat.
TIP 7: ALL CHILDREN WHO HAVE OUTGROWN CHILD SAFETY SEATS SHOULD BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED IN BOOSTER SEATS, IN THE BACK, UNTIL THEY ARE AT LEAST 7 YRS. OLD, UNLESS THEY ARE 4’9” TALL AND OVER 60 LBS.
For more information or to make an appointment for a child safety seat inspection, please contact the Simsbury Police Department at 658-3100 ext. 4321. Please install the seat before making your appointment. We currently conduct seat inspections for Simsbury Residents ONLY.
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