All forward-facing car safety seats have tethers or tether connectors that fasten to these anchors. Nearly all passenger vehicles and all car safety seats made on or after September 1, 2002, are equipped to use LATCH. See vehicle owner’s manual for highest weight of child allowed to use top tether.
When did cars start having car seat hooks?
LATCH can be found in vehicles as well as infant, convertible and forward-facing child safety seats, made after Sept. 1, 2002. Watch the following video to learn about LATCH and how it makes installing a child safety seat easier.
How do I know if my car has a LATCH system?
Your vehicle owner’s manual will tell you if LATCH is present. You can also look for the built-in latch anchors which are usually marked by a symbol or tag on the vehicle’s seat. LATCH-equipped vehicles will have two lower anchors and one top tether anchor installed in each LATCH seating position.
Are car seat anchors required?
In New South Wales, all wheelchair accessible taxis are required to carry an approved child car seat. … In Victoria, taxi drivers do not have to provide a child car seat or booster seat but must ensure their vehicle has an anchor point so that a child car seat can be fitted.
At which angle should a car seat be installed?
Ideally, the back surface of a child car seat should be angled at around 45 degrees (about halfway back—not more) for a newborn, and can be adjusted to a slightly more upright position as the baby grows—up to about 30 degrees.
When should I stop using LATCH?
In order to use the LATCH system, the sum of the child’s weight and the weight of the car seat must be no more than 65 pounds. Since most car seats weigh upwards of 20 pounds now, many manufacturers recommend that you stop using the LATCH system when a child reaches 40 pounds.
Why can’t you use latch and seat belt together?
Why Using the LATCH System and a Seat belt Can Be Unsafe
By using both the Lower Anchors and the seat belt system when you shouldn’t, the force of the crash will place stress on the wrong areas of the car seat, which can cause the car seat not to function properly.
What side should the car seat be on?
The safest place for your child’s car seat is in the back seat, away from active air bags. If the car seat is placed in the front seat and the air bag inflates, it could hit the back of a rear-facing car seat — right where the child’s head is — and cause a serious or fatal injury.
How do I know if my car has top tether?
In most cars the top tether point is located on the back of the vehicle seat. Sometimes you can find it lower down at the base of the backrest, and in some cars it’s on the floor of the boot.
Should Isofix Base be flat on seat?
If you have an Isofix car seat, you will have either a support leg, a top tether or both. With the support leg, you must ensure it sits firmly on the floor, isn’t lifting the seat up and isn’t resting on underfloor storage, as this could make it less effective in a crash.