Ford Offers 10 Good Tips on Keep Children Safe While Driving

10 TIPS FOR CHILD CAR SAFETY

Here are the 10 tips for increasing the safety of child car seats, from the Partners for Child Passenger Safety's Fact and Trend Report, published by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance.

1. Know your state's child restraint laws, available at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Web site, www.hwysafety.org/
   
2. Choose a child safety seat that fits your child's age, height and weight
   
3. Place your child in a safe spot
   
4. Use a LATCH system -- available in all Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles -- to anchor the child safety seat
   
5. Never place an infant in a rear-facing seat in the front seat with an active air bag
   
6. If an older child must ride in the front seat, move the seat back as far as it will go, away from the air bag
   
7. Children under 13 years of age should always sit in the back seat
   
8. Move to a belt-positioning booster seat when the child has outgrown a child safety seat with internal harnesses, until they are 8 years old or 4'9" tall
   
9. Move to an adult seat belt when the shoulder belt lies across the chest, not the neck or face, and the lap belt is snug across the thighs, not the stomach
   
10. Read the car owner's manual to learn its safety features, especially in a used or rental car