A rear-facing Britax tethered down. Few rear facing seats are actually permitted to use the tether system. Check your vehicle instruction book for the location of acceptable anchor points. When the government announced it was going to institute a universal anchorage system in cars, parents were the happiest people on the face of the earth. Gone would be the days of having to pull, tug and twist on car seats to try and get a proper fit.
Parents believe that tethers are the answer to all of their prayers.
But before they get too excited there are some important things they need to know. The new anchorage system will be phased in gradually in both cars and car seats over the next three years. The new universal system most directly affects parents who will be getting new seats within this time, or new cars, or both. Additionally, some vehicles manufactured within the last couple of years may be able to take advantage of this new technology. However, parents with old model cars that cannot be retrofitted with anchor points, will have to continue to use current methods of installing car seats.