As an accredited mobile Baby Car Seat technician, I know how important Car Seat Safety truly is, I have seen so many horrible examples of how people install their child restraints, thankfully someone(usually mum) sees sense and comes and get the car seat installation checked out by a professional child restraint technician.
Unfortunately this is just the tip of the iceberg and there are many many more carseats installed incorrectly by parents who want to save a few dollars, and do not take the opportunity to ensure car seat safety and get the child restraint fitted by an ACRI experienced Car seat expert. The risk is too great, not to get your child restraint fitted correctly
Car Seat Safety Information
As an experienced baby car seat expert; I take you through the process to ensure the harness is secure, I will show you how to test to ensure the child restraint is secure enough and how to adjust the harness so that your child is comfortable and will not try to get out of the harness.
Car Seat Safety Tip – Date of Manufacture
Did you know that all car-seats made for Australia have an easily identifiable date of manufacture, so you can check, if the baby car seat is over 10 years old.
As an experienced baby car seat expert; I take you through the process to ensure the harness is secure.
I will show you how to test to ensure the child restraint is secure enough and how to adjust the harness so that your child is comfortable and will not try to get out of the harness.
Car Seat Safety Standards
In 2004 the Australian standards specified that age and weight for each seat so that when a child reached a certain age / weight then children could legally be move to the next seat type.
In 2010 the standards changed to a height based system, so that there was no age or weight imposed on the child but height markers to ensure the child was of the minimum height for the seat type.
On September 19 2014, the 2013 standard were approved which incorporated provision for a G type seat as well as approving ISOFIX for use in Australia.
Car seat types and Guidelines
| Age group | Type of Seat | Guidelines |
|---|---|---|
| Infants/Toddlers | A1 type Seat | Rear facing from birth to approximately 6 months of age |
| Infants/Toddlers | A2 type Seat | Rear facing from birth to approximately 12 months of age |
| Infants/Toddlers | A4 type Seat | Rear facing from birth to approximately 30 months of age, this was introduced in 2013 standards, currently there are no A4 type seats. |
| Infants/Toddlers | A/B type Seat | Rear facing from birth to approximately 12 months of age, and then forward facing to approximately 4 years of ages. |
| Toddlers/Pre-schoolers | B type Seat | Forward facing from 6 months to approximately 4 years of age |
| Toddlers/Pre-schoolers | G type Seat | Forward facing from 6 months to approximately 8 years of age, Introduced with the 2013 standard – eg infa Evolve and Britax Maxi Guard |
| Infants/Toddlers | E type Seat | Booster Seat from approximately 4 years of age to approximately 8 years of age |
| Infants/Toddlers | B/E type Seat | Forward facing and Booster Seat from approximately 6 months of age to approximately 8 years of age, eg Infa Secure Luxi |
Installation
When you are not sure on your ability to fit the baby car seat, please contact and experienced baby car seat installation expert. Despite the fact many cars and baby car seats have isofix, it can be still difficult to get a tight connection. When you car does not have isofix and / or the car seat does not have isofix it is going to be harder to get a secure fit.
This is where an experienced baby seat installation expert from Travelsafe can help you (0420 516 587).
What is Clicktight
Click tight is the next innovation to help parents get a secure installation for their baby car seat. It is done using just the seat belt and you do not need to be strong to get a good installation.