CAR SEAT -Z-78

Description

Choosing and using a car safety seat for your child to keep your little one safe when you are on the move:

1- choose a car seat suitable for your car and the child age/size

2- fit the seat properly in the car

3- make sure the child is strapped in correctly for every journey

4- keep your child REAR FACING for as long as possible- do not rush them to move them to a bigger forward facing seat.

HAZARD WARNING:

you must not use a rear facing child seat on a passenger seat where an active passenger airbag is fitted, because the child’s head will be too close to the airbag, risking severe injury or death if the airbag is triggered. its ok to leave the airbag active for forward facing seats but you should move the cars seat back on its runners as far as it can go.

ISOFIX:

your cars seat belts were designed for adult passengers so its no surprise that its sometimes tough to fit a child seat properly. ISOFIX is a simple idea , introduced in the early 2000s to address this

• cars are built with 2 small , cheap and inconspicuous attachment points in standard locations AND child seats are designed with latches on the back and are fitted with a simple push and click.
• ISOFIX hasn’t been as easy to understand and as simple to use as hoped. Cars don’t all have the same anchorages and the seats aren’t truly universal, so you do still have to check your handbook and choose your seat carefully.
  • A semi-universal ISOFIX seat can only be used in car models listed on its application list.
  • A universal ISOFIX seat can be used in any seat provided with three points of attachment –  two at the back plus a ‘top-tether’ strap connecting the top of the restraint to a dedicated fixing point on the parcel shelf, boot floor or seat back.

  As well as being either ‘universal’ or ‘semi-universal’, ISOFIX seats come in different size classes too.

  Some ISOFIX seats have a support leg at the front, rather than a top-tether strap, and these aren’t always suitable for cars with under-floor storage. The cover/floor surface may not be strong enough.