States with primary laws have significantly higher usage rates and lower fatality and injury rates. Child passenger and safety belt use laws are proven effective at increasing the rate of restraint use. Child safety seats and safety belts not only reduce health care costs by preventing injury, but among children hospitalized for motor vehicle-related injuries, those unrestrained are more severely injured and incur 60 to 70 percent greater hospital costs. Never put a rear-facing infant or convertible seat in the front passenger seat of a vehicle with a passenger side air bag. Read your child safety seat instruction manual and your motor vehicle owner's manual for directions on proper installation.
Some vehicles require supplemental attachment hardware to ensure proper fit of child safety seats.