Child Safety Seats

• Always place infants under age 1 and weighing 30 pounds or less in a rear-facing car seat in the back seat of your car.
• Put children weighing around 30 pounds and up to age 4 in a front-facing car seat in the back seat of your car.
• Booster seats should be used from about age 4 to at least age eight and at least until the child is 4'9" tall.
• All children under age 13 ride in the back seat and use the vehicle seat belts.
• Always follow all manufacturer's instructions to install the car seat securely.
• Always make sure the harness holding the child in the safety seat fits snugly.
• As a general rule, move children to a booster seat from a convertible safety seat before using a seat belt only.
• Always send in the safety seat registration card to keep informed of updates and recalls.
• Always make sure your car seat fits properly in your car.
• To properly use a seat belt, the lap belt should fit low over the hipbone and the shoulder belt should fit over the collarbone.

 Car Seat Inspection Locations

Primary Children's Medical Center
100 North Medical Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84113
801-662-2277
www.primarychildrens.org

By Appointment Only:

Utah Safety Council
1574 West 1700 Street, Suite 2A
Salt Lake City. UT 84104
801-478-7878

Metlife
9350 South 150 East, Suite 150
Sandy, UT 84070
801-234-0499

Salt Lake Valley Health Department
788 E Woodoak Ln (5380 South) #140
Murray, UT 84107
801-313-6605

• It is the responsibility of the driver of the car to see that the child passenger is properly protected - no matter what the relationship is to the child passenger.
• If your car has lap/shoulder combination belts, it could be critical to use a locking clip with your safety seat to clip the shoulder strap to the lap belt.  Consult the vehicle owner's manual.
• Children should NEVER be held on an adult's lap while driving because the force of a collision would tear a child from the adult's arms.  If the adult is not using a safety belt, the child could be crushed between the adult's body and the dashboard.