However, child passenger safety specialists see many errors of misuse repeated over and over, at all levels of society regardless of education or income.
Misuse is categorized by child passenger safety experts as gross, serious and minor.
Gross misuse makes a child safety seat virtually useless and can result in a child's death or serious injury. Serious misuse also may lead to serious injury or death. Multiple errors compound the risk to a child. Data collected from numerous CSS checks throughout New York State indicate that the vast majority of child seats checked have two or more examples of misuse.