CHILD SAFETY SEAT

By law, the State of Pennsylvania requires children under the age of four to be properly restrained in an approved child safety seat anywhere in the vehicle. From the age of four up to the age of eight, children are to be restrained in an appropriate booster seat.

The North Londonderry Township Police would like to offer their assistance in the installation of your child's safety seat.  Sergeant Hentz is a certified "Child Safety Seat" inspector who can provide advice and inspect your seat for proper placement.

Sergeant Hentz can be contacted at 838-5276 or by email at trhentz@nlondtwp.com

FOUR STEPS OF CHILD SAFETY
Courtesy: drive safe PA

Step 1: Rear - Facing

For the best possible protection, keep infants in a back seat, in rear-facing child safety seats as long as possible, up to the maximum height or weight limit of their particular car seat. Keep infants rear-facing until a minimum of one year of age and at least 20 pounds.

Step 2: Forward - Facing

When children outgrow their rear-facing car seats, they should ride in a forward-facing child safety seat, in a back seat, until they reach the upper weight or height limit of their particular seat (usually around age 4 or 40 pounds).

Step 3: Belt-Positioning Booster Seat

Once children outgrow their forward-facing car seat, they should ride in a belt-positioning booster seat, in a back seat, until the vehicle seat belt fits properly. Seat belts fit properly when the lap belt lies across the upper thighs and the shoulder belt fits across the chest (usually at age 8 or when they are 4-feet, 9-inches tall).

Step 4: Seat Belt

When children outgrow their belt-positioning booster seat, they can use the adult seat belt in a back seat if it fits properly. All children under age 13 should ride in a back seat. That eliminates the injury risk from a deployed front passenger-side airbag and secures children in the safest part of the vehicle in the event of a crash.