Child Restraint Systems
The body strucLe
of
a young child
is
,Ate
unlike that of an adult or older child, for whom
the safety belts are designed.
A
young child’s
hip bones are
still
so
small
that the vehicle’s
regular safety belt may not remain low on the
hip bones, as
it
should. Instead,
it
may settle
up around the child’s abdomen.
In
a crash, the
belt would apply force on a body area that’s
unprotected by any bony structure. This alone
could cause serious or fatal injuries. Young
children always should be secured in
appropriate child restraints.
An infant car bed (A), a special bed made for use in a
motor vehicle, is an infant restraint system designed
to restrain
or
position a child on a continuous flat
surface. Make sure that the infant’s head rests toward
the center of the vehicle.
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