The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued recommendations for children riding in vehicles.    The NHTSA recommends that a car seat select based parents at your child age and size.  It is important to choose a seat, which fits in your vehicle and that you use the car seat, every time you drive with your child.  Although this seems obviously, it is important to read the vehicle owner's manual install on the car seat of the latch system or belt system.  It is also recommended that a child as possible, use the car seat for so long until the child seat grows.  Keeping your child on the back seat has over 12 years the best are also shown.  The following recommendations are based on age:

Birth to 12 months: Always a car seat should take back her child younger than 1 targeted.  There are different types of rear-facing car seats for various child sizes.  It is important to bear in mind before you buy a car seat height and weight of your child.

1-3 Years: It is best as recommended, as long as possible to keep facing car seat your child in a rear.  The height or weight limit then a new car seat facing front should take into account, when your child has reached.

4-7 Years: Keep child in one for forward-facing seat, until he or she achieved top height or weight limit allowed by the manufacturer.  Once your child reaches the limits it is now time to consider buying a child seat.

8 To 12 years: It is recommended that you, keep your child in a booster seat until he or she is large enough, to a seat belt properly fit. Keeping you your child in a booster seat until he or she is large enough, to a seat belt properly fit. To your child seat belt fit, must be the lap belt firmly by thighs and not the stomach. The shoulder belt should fit over the shoulder and chest and not cross, neck or face. And always remember your child think, riding on the back seat should continue, because it is there safe.

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