You can also check out the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's crashworthiness evaluations. Buying a Safer Car for Child Passengers and Buying a Safer Car 2000. The latter provides crash tests results and safety features for the 2000 model year. Infants and children under 12 should always sit in the back seat. Not only is the back seat the safest place to ride, a passenger airbag can kill a baby in a rear facing car seat and seriously injure a child sitting up front.
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Then, consider having your seat inspected at a car seat check up event. The National Safe Kids Campaign offers a listing. Many parents don't realize that children under 80 pounds should be using a booster seat. Children who cannot sit with their backs straight against the vehicle seat back cushion, with knees bent over a vehicle s seat edge without slouching, are not big enough for adult seat belts.