Which seat in the car is the safest to place a child safety seat?

Answer 1

The safest place is always where your LATCH hooks are. Most cars don't have them in the middle seat, so you need to fasten the seat to a side seat, and most people choose passenger rear so that they can see their babies in a mirror. If you have LATCH and have it fastened by the seatbelt in the middle, which is perfectly safe, the certified tech will likely move the seat to the spot where LATCH is because research shows that it's the safest way to attach a car seat.

It's a good idea to have it checked out....5 out of 6 carseats are installed improperly...by everyone, police officers, firefighters, business people, medical professionals...

Answer 2

No one seat is the "best" or "safest." The best seat is the one that fits your child's size, is
correctly installed, and is used properly every time you drive. When shopping for a car
safety seat, keep the following in mind:

Don't base your decision on price alone. A higher price does not mean the seat is safe or easier to use. All car safety seats available for sale in the United States must meet government safety standards.
When you find a seat you like, try it out. Put your child in it and adjust the harnesses and buckles. Make sure it fits properly and securely in your car.
Keep in mind that pictures or displays of car safety seats may not show them being used the right way.






There are 2 types of rear-facing seats: infant-only seats and convertible seats. Convertible seats can be used rear-facing for infants, and then converted to a forward-facing position once the child is old enough and big enough to do so safely.

Answer 3

Technically the safest place for any seat is where it fits best, and since a lot of cars have humps in the middle of the back seat, the middle doesn't always work. But, the middle is the safest place, for obvious reasons. In side impact crashes, the baby isn't next to the side to be crashed into.

Answer 4

You should always put the car seat in a seatbelt that has both the lap and shoulder belt, because it holds the seat in better, and is safer for the child. The middle seat is preferable, but always have the shoulder belt, even if it means putting the seat on a side of the car instead of the middle. If you have a van or SUV with three rows, put the seat in the middle row, so if someone crashes in the front or back, the child will be fine.

Answer 5

Putting them in the backseat in the middle is the safest place. This helps protect the child in the even of side impact crashes. Read the owner's manual of your vehicle and the owner's manual of the car seat to make sure you have the seat properly installed. Also, you should take it to a check point where there will be certified techs. Babies r us does these occasionally and they may even be able to give you a few numbers to call if they aren't having a checkpoint anytime soon. Don't take it to a fire house or police station unless you know that they have certified car seat installers there. If someone hasn't been certified by NHTSA, then they don't know.

Answer 6

I ought to contemplate whether all of you who think of it is ridiculous, relatively have toddlers. we could be lifelike, no person is going to maintain there severe college baby in a automobile seat, whether they are no longer the reported height for a seat belt, totally for the reasoning that they maximum in all probability won't get lots taller, yet a 15 3 hundred and sixty 5 days previous might have extra adulthood in sitting in a seat belt properly, then a 5 3 hundred and sixty 5 days previous will. I see no longer something incorrect with us preserving our youngsters. There are automobile seats you ought to purchase which will carry your baby until eventually they're waiting for a booster, you should merely ought to purchase a million- 3 automobile seats on your baby toddler seat, which no longer everybody purchases, a convertible which you would be able to get one which will carry from 5 to 80 pounds so certainly one of those seat relatively is the only one you may ought to purchase then the booster which you will no longer unavoidably choose observing the convertible seat you purchase, so i do no longer think of it relatively is a money interest, i think of you're making a stupid determination the the motor vehicle seat you're figuring out directly to purchase.

Answer 7

Depends on what car you have. Safest is the middle seat in the row behind u. If you don't have a middle seat, than use the one behind the passenger. If it's a mini van or something with three rows or more, use the row right behind u.

Answer 8

Always put a rear-facing infant seat in the back seat of the vehicle, in the middle of the car
Never put a rear-facing infant seat in the front passenger seat.

Answer 9

I choose the backseat behind the passenger. It is easier to get the baby in and out, and I can easily see and if need be, reach her while in the front seat. I didn't like having her in the middle, because it was too hard to reach behind me. the entire time she was rear-facing she was in the middle of the backseat (I could not reach her anyway) but when she was turned to face front, she was moved to the passenger side of the car.

Answer 10

Great question. I've always assumed it was in the middle of the back seat (or middle of the 2nd row if it's 3 row seating).