Ep. 01 - Car Seat Safety 101: Appropriate Seats and Ages to Keep Your Child Safe in the Car

Welcome to our first episode of Where the Rubber Meets the Road with Safe Ride 4 Kids.  Driving is the most dangerous activity we do every day, but your family has places to be and things to do. Safe Ride 4 Kids helps you arrive safely by equipping you with innovative products and unbiased information from our team of certified safety experts. On this episode we start at the beginning and talk about the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's four stages of car seats: rear facing, forward facing, seat belt positioning and seat belt. We also talk a little bit about why we add a + (plus) stage; driving during pregnancy. As Professor Hank Weiss concluded in his 2001 study about pregnancy, car crashes and fetal deaths, “The major role that motor vehicle injuries have on reported traumatic fetal injury deaths was shown and a significant new challenge for child passenger safety advocates is indicated.” Want it in writing? Read Car Seat Best Practice Recommendations and Missing Stage in Child Passenger Safety Plus: Our Tip of the Week: No matter how well you think you did, take your car and car seat to have it checked by a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician (aka car seat expert) Parenting Tip Bonus: Rules versus Standards. What does that mean and how do you use it in parenting? Stay tuned or visit our website for more information about car seat safety, driving during pregnancy, traveling with kids and more child safety subjects. We look forward to helping you Make Every Arrival a Safe Arrival with your family.