See the jigsaw puzzle page. When you get into a vehicle, before the key is turned and the vehicle starts, everyone should be buckled up. The seatbelt should fit you snuggly across your collarbone and hips. All children under the age of four must ride in a car seat. It is important to make sure that the car seat fits the child and that it is properly installed in the vehicle.
Air bags save lives.
Air bags were designed to work WITH seatbelts to prevent injury to an adult sized person. If air bags open in an crash, children in the front seat or in a car seat in the front seat may be seriously injured. The safest place for all children under the age of thirteen is in the back seat. Copyright 2001, NYS DMV, Office of Internet Services Permission is required to re-publish any content on this site.