2010 HHR and rear facing tethering for child restraints
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From: Philadelphia
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From: Philadelphia
"LATCH" is the government mandated child seat system I was thinking of.
Have you read every word of the seat instruction book? I bet there is a mention of LATCH.
I bet that if you went to your local police or fire station you would find a person whose job is to instruct on the installation of child safety seats. They got them in my county.
Have you read every word of the seat instruction book? I bet there is a mention of LATCH.
I bet that if you went to your local police or fire station you would find a person whose job is to instruct on the installation of child safety seats. They got them in my county.
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From: Philadelphia
From the 2010 owners manual:
Never do this.
Children who are up against, or very close to, any
airbag when it inflates can be seriously injured or
killed. Never put a rear-facing child restraint in
the right front seat. Secure a rear-facing child
restraint in a rear seat. It is also better to secure a
forward-facing child restraint in a rear seat. If you
must secure a forward-facing child restraint in the
right front seat, always move the front passenger
seat as far back as it will go.
To help reduce the chance of injury, the child restraint
must be secured in the vehicle. Child restraint systems
must be secured in vehicle seats by lap belts or the
lap belt portion of a lap-shoulder belt, or by the LATCH
system.
Never do this.
Children who are up against, or very close to, any
airbag when it inflates can be seriously injured or
killed. Never put a rear-facing child restraint in
the right front seat. Secure a rear-facing child
restraint in a rear seat. It is also better to secure a
forward-facing child restraint in a rear seat. If you
must secure a forward-facing child restraint in the
right front seat, always move the front passenger
seat as far back as it will go.
To help reduce the chance of injury, the child restraint
must be secured in the vehicle. Child restraint systems
must be secured in vehicle seats by lap belts or the
lap belt portion of a lap-shoulder belt, or by the LATCH
system.
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I just Googled police department baby car seat lessons
http://safeny.ny.gov/seat-per.htm
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/california-hi...-san-francisco
I think you'll find many more
http://safeny.ny.gov/seat-per.htm
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/california-hi...-san-francisco
I think you'll find many more
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I know for fact that many departments throughout the U.S. have people certified just for that.
Saying they give inaccurate and dangerous instructions, that's not a very nice comment towards my fellow brothers and sisters in the fire/EMS service. Or the fine members of law enforcement.
I'm out of this thread.
Last edited by firemangeorge; Mar 13, 2015 at 03:29 PM.
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My state has a budgeted position in both police and fire to just educate on the seats. There is a person sitting in every police and fire station that is getting paid to do child seat restraint systems, I find it hard to understand why PA would not.
The State Police carry a child seat in the cruiser to donate to anyone they stop for a child seat violation, it is funded by fines from seat belt violations (a secondary offense in VA).
To say that the people who are supposed to enforce a law don't know how to install the equipment is kind of anti-social thinking. As far as I remember PA has pretty strong mandatory passenger restraint laws, VA does not we have the bare minimum to get Federal funding.
The State Police carry a child seat in the cruiser to donate to anyone they stop for a child seat violation, it is funded by fines from seat belt violations (a secondary offense in VA).
To say that the people who are supposed to enforce a law don't know how to install the equipment is kind of anti-social thinking. As far as I remember PA has pretty strong mandatory passenger restraint laws, VA does not we have the bare minimum to get Federal funding.
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Our fire department provide car seat install. My wife is a firefighter/EMT and is certified in child car seat install.
The original certification class was a 40 hour class and she is required has to do ce's every year and a refresher corse every three years.
The original certification class was a 40 hour class and she is required has to do ce's every year and a refresher corse every three years.